SPARTANBURG, SC (WOLO) – An upstate woman pleaded guilty to killing her 17-month-old daughter with salt. Spartanburg prosecutor Barry Barnette says Kemberly Martines, 25, was sentenced Wednesday (7/25) to 30 years in prison. Emergency responders found the girl severely dehydrated on July 31st of last year. She died three days later. Officials say Martines did it to try to convince…
(WOLO, ABC NEWS) – Thursday (7/26) was the deadline for the government to reunite immigrant families separated at the US border after entering the US illegally. The separations stem from President Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy announced in early April. While many families are now back together, there are still hundreds who have yet to see their loved ones. Watch the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Sheriff Leon Lott is calling it one of the most successful sting operations in the state. Operation Full Armor captured 38 in total for solicitation. A dozen of the men arrested for soliciting a minor. Sheriff Lott said they had fifty officers a day working on this. Undercover officers used online personas of 13-year-old girls on a variety…
Snow days will soon be a thing of the past for one South Carolina school district,
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is searching for two women accused of stealing t-shirts from area store before assaulting the worker.
Photo Courtesy: Town of Blythewood Blythewood, S.C. (WOLO)– Officials in Blythewood are warning neighbors to be on the lookout for coyotes. According to the Blythewood Town Hall’s Facebook page, a pack of coyotes has been seen in Cobblestone by the ponds and meadows over the last several days. Officials say to make sure to bring in your pets at night…
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File Anderson County, S.C. (AP) – Snow days will soon be a thing of the past in one Upstate school district. According to the Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson School District 5 will be the first in the state to replace snow days with e-learning days. In those cases, when the roads are too icy for buses teachers will send assignments…
Spartanburg Co., S.C. (AP)–An Upstate woman pleaded guilty to killing her 17 month old daughter with salt to try to convince her husband to come home. Spartanburg prosecutor Barry Barnette says 25 year old Kimberly Martines was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Emergency responders found the girl severely dehydrated on July 31st of last year, she died three…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – With drug abuse on the rise, deputies are starting to carry a life-saving tool with them at all times. One Midlands deputy put his life in danger to help an overdose victim before it was too late. Deputy Greg Parker used the nasal spray that works within 5 seconds on a man last month after being…
