CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – A defense witness says that video shows former South Carolina patrolman Michael Slager struggling on the ground with Walter Scott before Slager shot the black motorist as he ran away. Forensics video analyst Grant Fredericks testified that he enhanced cellphone video taken by a passerby when Slager shot Scott five times in the back following an…
Charleston, SC (AP)– The federal judge overseeing Dyalnn Roof’s death penalty trial gave the families of the nine black worshippers he is charged with killing at a Charleston church an extraordinary chance to air their concerns. Some relatives talked Thursday about how the trial delays hurt them. Others say it will be hard to deal with the trial in December as…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina National Guard has fifteen air crew members abs support personnel assisting Pickens Count Emergency responders. They are using helicopters from McEntire to dump gallons of water on hot spots. The Guard anticipate lending their help for the next several days as Upstate officials battle the wildfires. Categories: Local News, News, State Tags: SC National Guard,…
Kershaw County deputies are looking for three or four suspects involved in burglary at a home on Azalea Dive in Lugoff on Tuesday.
Authorities with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a black male between 60 and 70-years-old who they say pointed a gun at a victim during a verbal altercation.
Enter a magical world of Fairies and Pixie Dust coming right here to the Midlands this weekend.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is partnering up with the United States Parents Involved in Education (U.S.P.I.E.) and the Institute for Emerging Leaders, Incorporated. They’re working to educate teens on the importance of abstinence. Sheriff Leon Lott says this is a first for a law enforcement agency to implement an evidence-based abstinence education program for youth and their families….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that one county in South Carolina is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought. The map shows Oconee County in the far western part of the state is in exceptional drought. No counties were at that stage last week. Forty-four percent of the state is in some level of…
A 20-year-old Prosperity man is facing an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot one man in the groin.
Rep. Mark Sanford is asking the Department of Homeland Security for another extension so South Carolina can comply with tighter standards for state driver’s licenses.
