(Photo Courtesy: the Columbia Museum of Art) Columbia, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art is giving you a chance to get a little R and R during Self-Care Sunday. Organizers say it is a first of its kind event catered to dedicating a day full of activities that will help you find ways to treat yourself to wellness and well…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – A Spartanburg business man is accused of pocketing more than $500,000 paid to him by the Town of Pacolet to refurbish and repurpose an aging mill building. The State Law Enforcement Division arrested 64-year-old Callis Anderson on Thursday on charges including embezzling $10,000 or more and failure to pay employees. It’s unknown if he’s represented by…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after she admitted shooting her boyfriend to death. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reports 34-year-old Amy N. Taylor, of Chesnee, interrupted her trial Wednesday to plead guilty to murder. According to a statement from the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Circuit Judge Lee Alford issued the sentence…
RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)-Deputies are asking the public’s help finding four people who broke into a local business and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cell phones Saturday morning. The incident happened at 3:00a.m. at the Best buy on Two Notch Road. Deputies say the four suspects stole three crates of cell phones from the location which totaled approximately…
A 32-year-old man was arrested Friday in North Myrtle in connection to a sexual assault on June 25th, according to a spokesperson for the City of North Myrtle Beach. Derby C. Sykes of Bladenboro, North Carolina is charged with criminal sexual conduct, third degree. Police say Sykes allegedly made contact with a 16-year-old girl who was swimming in the ocean…
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A Holly Hill woman has been charged after a man was discovered to have suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Sabrina Strickland, 50, is being charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators were called to a Target Road residence just before 9:30 p.m on Friday after receiving a…
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The South Carolina General Assembly has approved a resolution to name the Highway 378 Bypass over Highway 52 in Lake City the “Farrah Turner Memorial Bypass.” Turner died three weeks after being shot while trying to serve a search warrant at a Florence home. A total of seven officers were shot and five survived. Turner and…
GREER, Conn. (WTNH) — A South Carolina Trooper who passed away earlier in June will be laid to rest on Saturday, June 29th. Officials announced that visitation and funeral services were being held for South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper First Class Jesse D. Cannon. Visitation is set to take place from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church located…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– You can celebrate Independence Day this weekend. Lake Murray Country Visitor’s Center is hosting a Boat Parade and Fireworks this weekend. At Lake Murray Saturday, June 29th, you can get a jump start on your 4th of July festivities. Lake Murray Country is hosting its Annual Celebration with a Boat parade at Noon Saturday at Bomb Island,…
CAYCE, SC (WOLO)– The Lexington County Coroner has released the identities of two people killed in a motorcycle crash Friday in Cayce. According to Coroner Margaret Fisher, the collision occurred in the 2800 block of Charleston Highway at approximately 7:00P.M. on June 28, 2019. According to Coroner Fisher, Mr. Melvin Clyde Horton, Jr., 54, of Cayce, and Ms. Heidi Joy…
