COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Columbia Fire officials are working to find the cause of a fire that left a local business completely destroyed Friday night. The fire happened around 11:50p.m. at Sandy Run Towing located at 3610 north Main Street. Fire crews shut down north Main Street, between Miller Ave and Cook Ave for about an hour Columbia Fire officials say…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO)- Edward Earl McElveen of Dalzell appeared before a judge Friday afternoon. McElveen was formally charged and denied bond on one count of kidnapping, criminal sexual misconduct, being a felon in possession of a weapon, and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Authorities arrested the 66-year-old after they say he came into a neighbor’s home and pointed a gun…
According to the Times and Democrat, a child was shot Friday afternoon at Sunshine Recycling.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – As medical marijuana clears its first hurdles inside the State House, the debate over research into its effects on health has reignited. It turns out, that one lab at the University of South Carolina has been leading the field for years. Dr. Prakash Nagarkatti, Vice President for Research at the University, led one of the first teams in…
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)- Former Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett says the Sheriff’s Office thoroughly investigated an incident that left a 6-year-old boy with second-degree burns in October of 2016. The 6-year-old’s family, however, is not satisfied. According to a Clarendon County Sheriff’s Office incident report, an 11-year-old lit the 6-year-old on fire in Alcolu, S.C. The department says the…
A Lugoff man is behind bars charged in connection with an early morning house fire.
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)– Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a murder suspect and the victim’s car. According to investigators, 67 year old Robert John Kobylak’s body was found in his home during a welfare check Monday night. The body was found inside the home in the 200 block of Shadow Dale Drive, in Gaston, say investigators. Kobylak’s car was…
Richland County deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at the Pitt Stop store in the 7400 block of Two Notch Road last week.
The government building in his home county is being named for a state senator slain along with eight others at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church.
