Donnie Myers COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prosecutor recently charged with his third-alcohol related offense is not seeking re-election. Lexington County prosecutor Donnie Myers said in a news release Wednesday he will not run again for the office to which he was first elected in 1976. Myers’ current term expires in January and he reaches mandatory retirement in December…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People who want to run for office in South Carolina can begin to file their paperwork. The State Election Commission and county commissions will begin accepting paperwork to run in the June primaries and November general election at noon Wednesday. Filing runs until noon on March 30. Every state House and state Senate seat is up…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — A Columbia Police Officer is recovering this morning after authorities say he was struck by a car. Columbia spokesperson, Jennifer Timmons tells ABC Columbia News the Officer was responding to a suspicious car traveling on Devine Street near Fort Jackson Boulevard. Authorities believed the driver may have been passed out once they reached the scene. According…
IRMO, S.C. (WOLO) – The Irmo Town Council voted to defer a first vote on legalizing backyard chickens Tuesday. Council members wanted to wait for Councilman Barry Walker, Sr., who is in the hospital. As Councilwoman Kathy Condom put it, she wanted to make sure the chicken people got a fair shot. They’ll take up the issue again on April…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolinians have a new way to find out what services are available in their area. Tuesday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster announced the launch of SC 211. The number can connect callers with support groups, community clinics, counselors, shelters, food pantries, programs for seniors, and other services. SC 211 is free and available in multiple…
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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Community members are hitting the trail at Riverfront Park for the first time in months Two and a half miles of the walking trail between the Broad River and the Columbia Canal is open for the first time since October’s flood. Columbia Resident Jean Peeler says, “It was a real void in my life. This is…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO)- On Tuesday, Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill that creates domestic violence fatality review committees in each of the 16 solicitor circuits in the Palmetto State. “This is pulling in forensics, this is pulling in law enforcement, this is pulling in prosecutors, this is pulling in everyone to figure out how did we go from start to…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A former guard has pleaded guilty to bringing drugs into a federal prison in South Carolina. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles says Anthony Jermaine Creech of Blackville pleaded guilty Monday to providing marijuana to inmates at Estill Federal Correctional Institution. Estill is a medium-security prison. Nettles says while Creech was working as a guard there in January…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolinians have a new way to find out what services are available in their area. Tuesday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster announced the launch of SC 2-1-1. The number can connect callers with support groups, community clinics, counselors, shelters, food pantries, programs for seniors, and other services. SC 2-1-1 is free and available in multiple…
