GAFFNEY, S.C. – A former Gaffney police officer has been charged with assault on an inmate at the Cherokee County jail. Court records show that Billy Hyatt has been charged with third-degree assault and battery. Hyatt was a former sergeant with the department. The records show Hyatt was suspended in September after a report of an assault at the jail….
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia police continue searching for the driver of a car they say ran up on a sidewalk and struck a child Thursday evening. Authorities say the incident happened around 6pm in the 23 hundred block of two Notch Road while the child, only being described as a “minor” was walking with his mother. Columbia police say…
Local organizations donate life saving vests to area law enforcement agencies.
Crews have responded to dozens of fires this season in several areas and according to City of Columbia officials, some of the blazes are considered arson.
A man is wanted by authorities after he was captured on video surveillance stealing money from a victim at a Broad River Road convenience store, deputies say.
The Richland County Coroner said the individual found dead behind the Cookout restaurant last night, died of hypothermia.
A former South Carolina House majority leader has appeared in court on dozens of charges stemming from a legislative corruption probe.
Shirley Daniel RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Authorities credit a tip from a concerned citizen which led to the arrest of 35-year-old woman accused of stealing two packages off a porch. Related: Suspect Possibly Linked to Other Crimes, Wanted for Theft Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested Shirley Daniel Wednesday evening at her home in Irmo after a…
HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County officials have released the name of a man found dead in a fire at a home in Hopkins. Coroner Gary Watts says 84-year-old Cleveland Edmonds of Hopkins died in the fire overnight Wednesday. An autopsy showed that Edmonds died from smoke inhalation and burns. Columbia Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins says the body was found…
The manhunt for the suspected Berlin Christmas Market attacker continues. What officials know about the suspect now and where they are looking to find him.
