COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina is sending more aid to Texas. Tuesday, Governor Henry McMaster signed an executive order placing the South Carolina National Guard on state duty after a request from the Texas governor. McMaster says the state’s Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team is deploying. Among the other outlets of aid, the South Carolina Forestry Commission is sending 18…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin said Tuesday the city is working on plans to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Southeast Texas. Mayor Benjamin released this statement: Looking at the pictures and videos coming out of Southeast Texas this week, we know what these families and communities feel because we’ve been through it. We want…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A man was arrested outside a Broad River Road Waffle House Sunday after deputies said he exposed himself in the parking lot. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department has charged Robert Lucas, 56, with indecent exposure. Deputies said they found Lucas across the street from Waffle House panhandling for money, and learned he had exposed himself…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A 33-year-old Richland County man has been arrested on ten charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joseph Hewitt Tuesday. Wilson said Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested Hewitt on August 24. Investigators with the A.G.’s…
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LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- As South Carolina DNR continue to search for a missing boater, neighbors who saved his 4-year-old daughter recall the horrific night. A daddy, daughter day out on the lake ended with a child being stranded on a boat and her father still missing. Neighbors found the 4 year old girl pacing inside the boat as it drifted…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Soon butterflies will fill the skies over the SC State House. The Butterfly Release is an annual event for the Ovarian Cancer Coalition of Central South Carolina. The event will take place on September 21st, 2017. Nearly 55 butterflies will be released in memory of those affected by ovarian cancer. September is national ovarian cancer awareness month. …
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police need your help after they say a 70 year-old man was forced off the road and injured while driving his moped on harden street. Columbia Police released Surveillance video and a photo. They’re looking for a dark colored s-u-v seen trailing behind the moped. If you have any information call Crimestoppers at 1-888-Crime-SC Image provided…
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RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Richland County Deputies are looking for four suspects accused of stealing $25,000 worth of STHIL lawn equipment. Investigators say the men seen in a surveillance image forced their way into Green Earth Services on Fairfield Road around 2 a.m. last Friday (8/25). If you have any information that may help investigators, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-Crime-SC….
