LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – It all went wrong for a shoplifting suspect on the run from Lexington Police Monday (4/16) night as he looked for a place to hide. The Lexington Police report describes the beginning of the chase Monday evening as the suspect sped out of the Khols parking lot on Sunset Blvd., crashed and took off running from…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to significantly cut the amount a private utility can charge customers to pay for two nuclear plants that were never finished. The Senate agreed Wednesday to cut the 18 percent SCANA Corp. is charging customers to pay for the failed project down to 5 percent. But the House…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —Wednesday the Senate took up the issue of metal detectors for all schools throughout the state for the first time. The education Subcommittee heard from Representative Gilliard about putting these safety measures in schools. The Senate Subcommittee approved having a committee of 8 study the cost, resources, and feasibility of implementing the metal detectors. During the meeting,…
A lot of sunshine and some spoken word had poets and those who love hearing it, spending their lunch break at the SC State House.
USC is hosts it’s first Give 4 Garnet event in an effort to help area organizations in need by raising more than 3 million dollars in one day. Click here to see how they’re doing.
BISHOPVILLE, SC (WOLO)– There are still a lot of questions after the incident that left seven dead and dozens injured at Lee Correctional Institution. One of those questions is what really happened inside the prison walls Sunday night. An inmate at Lee Correctional reached out to ABC Columbia giving details of the incident and said he is tired of hearing politicians saying…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers have arrested two men in connection with an undercover investigation focusing on the distribution and purchasing of narcotics near Millwood Avenue. Clifford Love, II is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Love was arrested after allegedly attempting to purchase more than $10,000 worth of marijuana and marijuana edibles from undercover…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – It looks like this will be a good year for peach farmers in South Carolina. Clemson University agent Andy Rollins told The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg that 2018 might be peach farmers’ best harvest in a decade. Rollins says a cold snap or hail could still strike the Upstate, but this looks to be a very good…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina lawmakers say they need more time before moving forward with a bill to place stricter regulations on dam and reservoir owners. A Senate subcommittee delayed voting on the legislation Wednesday. The bill would increase the number of dams and reservoirs regulated by the Department of Health and Environmental Control and put the responsibility of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A lawyer for Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis says he would have never interfered in an investigation he personally requested. Attorney Wally Fayssoux (fuh-SOO’) says he can’t specifically answer the charges against Lewis because the indictments Tuesday against the sheriff for misconduct in office and obstruction of justice were so vague. The indictments gave no details…
