COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Former South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon faces questions from lawmakers to determine whether he will lead embattled state-owned utility company Santee Cooper. The Charleston attorney told a state panel Thursday that his goal is accountable leadership and transparency. Gov. Henry McMaster tapped Condon to lead Santee Cooper’s board of directors last month. Lawmakers voted to…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – A Sumter man is accused of murdering the mother of his child and leaving the two year old in an apartment with the woman’s body. Sumter police say Lois Smith’s body was found inside her home at Friendship Apartments around 6:30 Wednesday night. Investigators say family and friends had become concerned since they had not been…
All lanes of I-20 westbound are closed at Monticello Road after two tractor trailers collided early Thursday, Columbia Fire said.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Time to clean out the medicine cabinet. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control hosting a Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 28, 2018. They are encouraging you to drop off unused, expired, or unwanted prescription drugs at locations around the state participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day….
Wednesday Advocacy Day for access and independence was held along the State House grounds.
Attorney General Alan Wilson is one of the lawyers in 15 states that are are calling for a lawsuit over fossil fuel to be thrown out.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – 14 former employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections have been indicted on federal charges related to accepting bribes and bringing contraband into South Carolina prisons. Since 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has partnered with state law enforcement to investigate the smuggling of contraband into prisons by staff at SCDC. The investigation…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – A 14-year-old has been arrested in connection with school threats made on social media yesterday (4/24), say Lexington Police. On Monday, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers say they took a report of threats that were made through Snapchat where a subject referenced the Lexington Middle School and that he was going to shoot up the school. Police…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – An old children’s story speaks of mice putting a bell on a cat’s tail. Researchers in South Carolina are tagging alligators’ tails. And necks. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports researchers from Clemson University, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a local wildlife group hope to track alligators as they become…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– It’s not a rumor, Fleetwood Mac is coming to Columbia! Wednesday the Colonial Life Arena announced the legendary rock group will bring its North American tour to the Colonial Life Arena on February 22nd 2019. Tickets go on sale May 4th. Founded in 1967 and named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie Fleetwood Mac has connected with…
