WARE SHOALS, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a man found dead from the heat in his South Carolina home had only a fan to cool him down. Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols told media outlets that 74-year-old Robert Hamilton had likely been dead for a week when he was found by his landlord at his Ware Shoals mobile home Sunday….
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– City of Columbia Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine is hosting a Town Hall meeting Thursday, “Taking a Stand for our Kids”. According to organizers, the Thursday night panel discussion and town hall meeting will focus on race relations and current events as it relates to children and starting the conversation at home. This forum is hosted by the…
ROCK HILL, SC –ABC COLUMBIA’S Amanda Fitzpatrick reports. York County announcing it’s first case of the Zika virus, bringing the total to 18 cases in South Carolina. Chuck Haynes with Emergency Management in York County says, “The Zika virus is not in the mosquito population, it is only in one person that traveled to a country that has Zika.” Zika…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)– Lexington County is weeks away from going live with a new 9-1-1 Dispatch system. ABC Columbia’s Grace Joyal has details on the system from its home at the county’s communications center off Ball Park Road. The New PRO Q-A system will start August 1st. It will handle all EMS, Fire, and Law Enforcement calls. The county’s call…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A new place to shop, stop and grab a coffee is now open in the Northeast. The Kroger Marketplace at Killian Crossing held a Grand Opening Wednesday off Killian Road. The new 124,500 square foot facility houses groceries, home goods, clothing and other store features. Categories: Local News, News, Richland Tags: Business/Consumer, consumer, Kroger
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – An attorney says a former South Carolina deputy has been charged with forcing a woman to perform a sex act after he threatened to arrest her boyfriend. A spokesman for attorney Justin Bamberg says Dereck Johnson was charged Wednesday with felony misconduct in office. It wasn’t immediately known if Johnson had an attorney. Categories: Local News,…
Thad Viers/LinkedIn COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A former South Carolina House member spending three years in federal prison for money laundering has been suspended from practicing law. The state Supreme Court on Wednesday revoked Thad Viers’ law license for three years, but agreed to make the suspension retroactive to 2012, when Viers was charged with harassing an ex-girlfriend and faced…
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