RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — A welfare-check after a 6-year-old child was not picked up from school on Wednesday, lead to the discovery of two bodies in what authorities say was a murder-suicide. Officials say the school’s resource officer knocked on the door of a residence on Amsterdam Drive around 4 p.m. attempting to make contact with the parent; there was no…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is requesting the community’s assistance identifying two suspects wanted for theft and fraud. During October’s historic flooding in the state, the victim was helping others in need in the 6000 block of North Ridge Road, when the suspects went inside the victim’s unattended vehicle and stole his wallet, along with other personal…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday night after they robbed a man in the 6300 hundred block of Fairfield Road at gunpoint. Authorities say 18-year-old Diamante Watts and a 14-year-old male accomplice road up behind the 23-year-old victim as he walked along Fairfield Road and demanded his cell phone. The pair fled on their bikes and were later arrested by…
(ABC News) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential hopeful Marco Rubio Wednesday, ahead of the state’s Republican primary Saturday -– the jewel in the crown of Rubio’s Palmetto State endorsements. Haley’s nod could be a big boost for Rubio. But other campaigns are putting their own spin on it, suggesting the endorsement could be a double-edged…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)– The Senate has unanimously approved giving Leroy Smith another four-year term running the South Carolina’s Department of Public Safety. Senators took a few minutes away from a filibuster on road funding Wednesday to give Smith a second term leading the agency that oversees the highway patrol, Transport Police and the Bureau of Protective Services, which protects Statehouse…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO) — One Lexington County deputy injured in a crash Wednesday remains hospitalized. Three deputies were injured after they struck each other responding to a burglary. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department says the accident took place around 9pm at the intersection of Platt Springs Rd. and Old Orangeburg Rd. in Red Bank. Investigators say all two of the…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Firefighters say an elderly couple were taken to an area hospital Wednesday night after a house fire near 277. Investigators with the Columbia Fire Department say at around 7:30 firefighters responded to a home on Redwood Ct. Firefighter say the home is a total loss. The cause is unknown at this time. Categories: News, Richland
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_People in need will have more access to free dental and eye care in the Midlands. The United Way announced it is expanding its clinic at the Richland County Health Department by more than five thousand feet. Categories: Local News Tags: Alicia Barnes, Richland County, United Way
Chapin, S.C. (ABC News)–Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential candidate Marco Rubio Wednesday ahead of the GOP primary this weekend. “I wanted somebody with fight. I wanted somebody with passion. I wanted somebody that had conviction to do the right thing, but I wanted somebody humble enough that remembers that you work for all the people,” she said…
Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)– Police in Sumter are looking for a teen who hasn’t been heard from in more than a week. Investigators say Dominique McCray left his home after an argument with his mother on January 31st. According to police he reached out to his father on February 6th but his location is still unknown. If you have any information…
