COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Law enforcement officers from across the state arrived in Columbia Friday (5/11) for the annual “Special Olympics Torch Run”. The South Carolina Special Olympics gets underway Saturday. Officers we spoke with say its the least they can do for our state’s bravest athletes. 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics. Categories: Local News, News,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says his friend and fellow Senator, John McCain, is in good spirits after complications from brain surgery. Graham says he spent several days with the Arizona Republican this week. Senator Graham says McCain is eating and keeping tabs on world events while recovering from the operation. According to Graham, at this…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – County officials unveiled a portrait of the county’s first African American female magistrate judge, Hattie Sims, this morning. Sims’ fellow judges as well as members of her family were on hand for the ceremony. Judge Sims passed away in 2014. Categories: Local News, News
West Columbia, SC (WOLO)– A college student is facing up to 6 months in jail for stealing a puppy from Pets Inc. However, this tale has a twist, the puppy was returned just the next day after the pup had a pretty rough day. “I’ve never handled a case like that before,” Joshua Skeen said, a detective with Lexington County Sheriff’s Department….
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a South Carolina prison guard has been charged with assault and battery after he stomped on a handcuffed inmate. An arrest warrant said Antonio Burns attacked the inmate April 28 at Lee Correctional Institution – the same prison where seven inmates died in a riot less than two weeks before. The warrant says Burns…
OCONEE CO., SC (WOLO) – A missing mother, Jennafer Price, 33, and her six missing children have been located safe in Autauga County, Alabama, near Montgomery. According to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Price and her children went missing Wednesday after a judge ordered her to surrender her children to the SC Department of Social Services (DSS). The mother has…
LEXINGTON, S.C. – Officers say they seized an assortment of firearms and drugs before busting a chop shop last week at a Gaston home. Three men and three women were arrested on a wide array of charges. “Deputies received a community tip about possible drug activity at a home in the 300 block of Blackville Road,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay…
A former detention officer was arrested in connection to an alleged assault.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Honored for being the top of their class. Thursday at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center the top 10 percent of seniors for the Richland School District One class were recognized for their accomplishments. District officials say the students maintained a 3.5 grade point average and also must have no grade lower than a C for any subject completed for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina legislative session is over, but lawmakers still have work to do. Over the final two days of session, the General Assembly passed dozens of bills that included banning drones from flying near prisons, increasing penalties for human trafficking and allowing school districts to count marching band as a physical education credit. There is…
