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Democratic Primary: Poll Breakdown

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — In Saturday’s primary Hillary Clinton swept Bernie Sanders in South Carolina winning 74% of the votes. Across the state, Clinton topped Sanders in all 46 counties. In the midlands, here is a look at the breakdown: Richland County: Clinton 76%, Sanders 24% Lexington County: Clinton 61%, Sanders 39% Orangeburg County: Clinton 89%, Sanders 11% Sumter County:…

Deputies Investigating Shooting at Midlands Publix

Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)–Richland County deputies are investigating a shooting at a Midlands grocery store. Investigators say just after 9pm Saturday they responded to Publix on Hardscrabble Rd. where a woman was shot in the upper body. Deputies say the victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Authorities are looking for a suspect, if you have…

Woman Gets 15 Years for Stabbing Death of Her Child’s Father

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reports that a 25-year-old Courtney Price testified she was abused for years and carried a knife around to protect her life. Price told the jury 24-year-old Samuel Simmons tried to choke her before she killed him in September 2014. The jury found Price guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Prosecutors sought a murder…

Lindsey Graham says GOP “has gone bats— crazy”

Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on his party and the remaining Republican presidential candidates Thursday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABC NEWS) — Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on his party and the remaining Republican presidential candidates Thursday, joking that the GOP “has gone bats— crazy” and Sen. Ted Cruz’s Senate colleagues could get away with murdering the Texas senator on the Senate floor. “The most dishonest person in America is a woman, who’s about to…

Democrats Campaign in Midlands Ahead of Primary

Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — Ahead of Saturday’s primary, both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton campaigned in the Palmetto State. For the Clinton camp, all three members of the family were hot on the trail. Chelsea Clinton stopped at USC to speak with young voters, while the former President, Bill Clinton, made a stop at Drip in Five Points to have…

Body Found in Wando River Identified

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) _ The body that was recovered from the Wando River in Mount Pleasant has been identified as a missing man.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) _ The body that was recovered from the Wando River in Mount Pleasant has been identified as a missing man. Charleston County Deputy Coroner Sheila Williams tells media outlets that the body, found Tuesday, was that of 45-year-old Clifford Raynard Palmer. The cause of death is still under investigation. A news release from the Charleston County…

SC Coroner: Connecticut Man Died After Being Crushed

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — The name of the individual that died from asphyxiation following a workplace accident has been released. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said 36-year-old Ryan Danser of Willington Connecticut died when the tank truck he was working on lost hydraulics and caught him between the truck bed and the tank. The incident happened at The Utility…