WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Are you looking to serve and protect? The West Columbia Police Department is launching a new recruitment program. The goal is to meet the growing need for qualified applicants, say officials. The new program includes increased starting salaries for police officers and ways to remain competitive throughout an officer’s career with additional promotion opportunities and other…
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO)– Tuesday afternoon Orangeburg Deputies are holding a press conference on the capture of an escaped inmate, on the run for two months. ABC Columbia has team coverage of the arrest of Curtis Green. Green was on the run for over two months after escaping from the Orangeburg-Calhoun Regional Detention Center, say deputies. He was in jail for…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–If you to visit Riverfront Park during the day, you’ll need to make some different plans. According to the City of Columbia, the park will be closed Thursday, July 19 for vegetation treatment along the Columbia Canal. According to the Columbia Parks & Recreation Department, the park will be closed to guests until 6 p.m. but you can…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you’ve got questions or issues about Fair Housing, you have a chance to speak out Saturday. According to the City of Columbia, the Community Development Department will host a “Speak Out A conversation on Fair Housing and Equal Access.” Organizers say the quarterly conversations will address different issues regarding Equal Access/Fair Housing/Equal Opportunity. “Speak Out!” is…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A motorcyclist has been arrested and charged with hitting and killing a pedestrian in South Carolina last month. News outlets reported that 24-year-old Sean Austin Merriman of Ladson turned himself into police Monday and was charged with reckless homicide. Fifty-five-year-old Damian Lawton Brown of North Charleston was struck and killed June 23 in North Charleston. Police…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department announced that the last inmate sought after an escape from a detention center back in May has been caught. Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says Curtis Green, 20, was taken into custody Tuesday morning around 6:30am. two hours after he attempted a carjacking. A press conference is set for 2 p.m. at the Orangeburg…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a man shot by a police officer in the parking lot of a South Carolina hotel has died. Florence Mayor Stephen Wukela said the man fired at the officer first at the Hilton Garden Inn around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken said 68-year-old Jethro Benjamin died a few hours later…
KERSHAW, CO (WOLO)– Heat like we’ve seen these past few days in South Carolina can be deadly. According to the Kershaw County Coroner and the Sheriff’s Office, 77 year old George Clark died last Tuesday, July 10, as a result of heat stroke. Investigators say Clark was reported missing earlier this month before he was found in the woods behind…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – A Midlands family is asking lawmakers to increase funding for Medicaid reimbursement rates which helps supply families with special needs children the aide they need. Haley and Brandon Keisler are parents to 6 and 9-year-olds Matthew and Maxwell. Matthew and Maxwell both have a rare genetic disorder that affects the ability to use any muscle in their body….
SCANA could be one step closer to a merger in the wake of the failed VC Summer Nuclear project.
