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SCDC investigate deadly fight between inmates at Broad River Corrections Institution

Officials with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) are investigating a fight that turned deadly in a jail Monday. Authorities say 43 year-old Damon Doyle was killed yesterday during an altercation with another inmate at Broad River Correctional Institution. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is also investigating the incident. Following the death of another South Carolina inmate…

Local man helps break stigma around wearing hearing aids; rewarded with new pair that’s the latest tech

Danton Hyman, 22,  has helped break the stigma around hearing aids, and because of his advocacy in the community got an upgrade in technology donated by Starkey Hearing Technologies.

A local college athlete will soon be able to hear in a way he’s never done before, thanks to a new pair of high-tech hearing aids. Danton Hyman, 22,  has helped break the stigma around hearing aids, and because of his advocacy in the community got an upgrade in technology donated by Starkey Hearing Technologies.

Police: Search for 5-year-old now a recovery effort

Sumter, S.C. (WOLO, Sumter PD)–  According to the Sumter Police Department the search for a missing 5-year- old, whose mother was found slain, has shifted to a recovery effort based on information provided Monday night by the suspect. Investigators say Sumter Police Department officers and other agencies  have been searching throughout Monday night into Tuesday morning and will continue until…

2 arrested for murder of Hispanic men in Sumter

SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – A 33-year-old and 17-year-old are charged with attempted murder, accused of shooting and killing two Hispanic men last month. Kelvin Bell, 33, is charged with two counts of murder after Sumter Police say on July 25th, Bell and his teenage accomplice shot and killed two Hispanic men outside a home on Bowman Drive. Authorities are still…

Concerned parents talk to Cardinal Newman’s principal after school threat

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-A group of parents are demanding answers from a midlands school after racist videos of a now former student caused safety concerns. The video shows a white teenager holding a rifle, shooting a shoe box he says represents black people all while using a racial slur. On Monday parents met with Cardinal Newman’s principal, wondering why it took so…