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Gas Prices Fall in the Midlands

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Gas Prices in the Midlands have fallen three cents per gallon in the past week, according to Gasbuddy. Drivers are paying an average $2.21/g , according to GasBuddy’s daily survey. On the national level, drivers are paying 1 cent per gallon less over the last week at $2.51/gallon. According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices in Columbia…
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3 arrested for cockfighting in Kershaw County

ABC Columbia Staff,

KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Three men were arrested Saturday (3/19) for cockfighting, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office. Moises Aquille Montes, 34, Miguel Martinez, 32, and Juan Diego Jimenez, 26, all from Gilbert, all face a cockfighting charge. A news release sent Monday says dispatch got a call about possible cockfighting in a remote area off Old Stagecoach…
Lexington, Local News, News, Richland

Lake Murray Elementary Principal Announces Retirement Plans

Rob Dew,

Chapin, S.C. (WOLO)–After 35 years shaping young minds, Claire Thompson is calling it a career. Thompson, Principal at Lake Murray Elementary School in Lexington Richland  School District 5,  announced Monday her plans to retire at the end of the school year. Thompson has served in LRSD5 for the past 27 years and has been the only principal of Lake Murray…
Local News, News, State, Sumter

Sumter Deputies Investigating Hit & Runs

Rob Dew,

Sumter Co., S.C. (WOLO)–  Sumter County investigators are searching for answers in three fatal hit and run incidents spanning three years in the Rembert area On September 5, 2015, deputies say Elizabeth Lewis, 53, was hit by a car on Richbow Rd.  and died at the scene. On June 18th, 2017, investigators say Dwain, Wright, 56, was struck and killed…