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Lake Murray Resident Recalls Saving Stranded 4-Year-Old
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…
Butterflies to Fly over State House for Ovarian Cancer
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 Police Investigate Moped Collision
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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Thieves Steal $25k Worth of Lawn Equipment
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….
S.C. Volunteers Are Ready to Help Hurricane Harvey Survivors
Red Cross Sends More Than 50 S.C. Volunteers
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Thousands have been displaced by the devastating blow dealt by Hurricane Harvey. Some volunteers from the Palmetto State are in the Lone Star helping those who need it the most. The Red Cross of South Carolina said they sent more than 50 volunteers and four emergency vehicles to assist areas hit by Hurricane Harvey. “Our emergency response…
Texas Flooding Brings Painful Memories Back To Midlands
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– The devastating scenes in Houston bring a rush of painful memories for many in the Midlands who lived through the October 2015 floods. “It was heart-wrenching, it was devastating…” Dionne Brown said. Brown has lived in her house since 1996 and when the images of the floods in Texas started flooding in, her heart broke….
Teens Arrested for Breaking Windows at Lexington High School
Booking photos of Dominic Croswell (left) and Larry Melvin (right) LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – Two 17-year-olds have been arrested in a vandalism case in Lexington County. The teens are accused of vandalism at Lexington High School. Dominic Herrera Croswell and Larry Tyshont Melvin face charges of malicious injury to property after shattering several windows at Lexington High and some windows…
Sumter Police Searching for Missing Man
Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)– Sumter Police are searching for a man who was last seen early Friday. Family members say 52 year old Tommy Brailey was last seen leaving Brewers Bar and Grill on Wesmark Blvd. around 2am. Police say his car, a silver 2004 BMW with license tag LYB 406 is also missing. If you know where Tommy Brailey is…
