LITTLE MOUNTAIN, S.C. (WOLO) – One person died in a house fire late Saturday night in Little Mountain. The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office said firefighters responded around 9:40 a.m. to the single story house on Glade Springs Road. Crews from Little Mountain, Prosperity, Fairview, Lake Murray Rescue, Prosperity Rescue and Little Mountain Rescue assisted. Newberry Sheriff Lee Foster said firefighters were…
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Americans signed more contracts to buy homes in April for the third straight month, driving pending home sales to the highest level in more than a decade. The National Association of Realtors says its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index surged 5.1 percent last month to 116.3, the highest since February 2006’s 117.4. The strong sales come…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say the director of recreation in Richland County has been charged with several drug trafficking offenses. Richland County deputies told media outlets that 38-year-old James Anthony Brown was arrested Friday at a home near an elementary school in the northeast part of the county. Investigators say he had more than 10 pounds of marijuana along…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a man has been shot in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Columbia. Richland County deputies said in a news release that the man was wounded in the lower body around noon Saturday. Authorities say he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. His name was not released. No…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Legislators have agreed to a budget that increases state employees’ pay by 3.25 percent, puts $30 million into replenishing sand on South Carolina’s beaches and provides local governments an additional $11 million. Those were among the compromises Saturday by legislators negotiating a final budget package. Carlton Washington with the State Employees Association says the cost-of-living raise…
GILBERT, S.C. (WOLO) – A man died this morning in Gilbert after the boat he was fishing from capsized, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources said. Officials said they were notified around 9:30 a.m. Saturday about the incident. Lexington County Rescue recovered the victim’s body from the private pond around 10:45 a.m. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- -Get ready to tackle your budget with some help from the City of Columbia. The Community Development team will host a Financial Education Series : How to Enjoy Your Summer FUNds Organizers say attendees will learn how to enjoy your summer without breaking the bank by easy techniques. Also included in the Financial series, participants will learn…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Get ready to make some changes in your commute. According to the South Carolina Department of Transportation, they plan to close a portion of Leesburg Road in Richland County to install a drainage pipe crossing in the Lester Farms area. The work is scheduled to begin May 31, 2016, and be completed by June 3, 2016, weather permitting….
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – It seems a huge tiger shark named Chessie likes the South Carolina coast. Local news outlets report the 1,400-pound shark tagged a year ago was caught again this week off Hilton Head Island by the same fisherman. Fisherman Chip Michalove first caught Chessie, named for the nearby Chechessie River, in May 2015. On Wednesday,…
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