An overturned tractor trailer caused major delays on I-77 Tuesday. (Rich Wandover) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The morning and afternoon commute was slow moving for motorists traveling on Interstate 77. According to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, an overturned tractor-trailer in the northbound lane near mile marker 24 had several lanes blocked. Richland County: Crews are working to upright…
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A consumer recall that could impact new parents with baby gates is underway from the CPSC. The CPSC says the gates can unlock by themselves creating a fall and safety hazard. IKEA is asking customers to stop using the baby gates and return them for a full refund. According the the Consumer Product Safety commission: This recall…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A group of local small businesses and environmentalists are rallying against a proposed rate hike. The Energy Coalition launched the “Stop the Blank Check” Project Monday. The Coalition opposes SCE&G’s request for rate hikes for construction of two nuclear plants. An SCE&G spokesman there will always be unexpected costs that come up, but the plants will save…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)–The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department wants to know how a three-year-old girl got her hands on the gun that she accidentally shot herself with. Captain Adam Myrick says just after 12:30 Monday afternoon deputies responded to a home on Glenn Rd. in Gaston. Myrick says the girl’s injury was not fatal but her condition is unknown at…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A massive blaze at a Casket Company in Sumter put area firefighters on alert and blocked traffic. It happened off Magnolia street in Sumter. According to officials, firefighters were able to get the fire under control at 6pm Monday. But it was anticipated to take several more hours to extinguish it. At one point the Lafayette Street…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A group of small businesses, environmental groups and community leaders are joining together for the first time to ask South Carolina regulators to reject part of a rate increase to pay for nuclear power plants under construction. The group called Stop The Blank Check said Monday it wants the Public Service Commission to refuse South Carolina…
Timothy Napoleon RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed an employee at the Bluff Road Waffle House at gunpoint. 21-year-old Timothy Napoleon is accused of going to the eatery on May 30, where he then demanded money from the victim and fled with $300. Officials say no one…
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (WOLO) – A spokesperson with Shaw Air Force Base said Monday that a former officer has been charged with possession of child pornography and obstruction of justice. Col. William R. Jones was charged on June 29; a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 8, officials say in a press release. “The charges are being worked through…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Sunday evening who they said kidnapped and assaulted his mother and sister. Matt Samuel Cox, 46, of Sumter, was charged with two counts of kidnapping and one count each of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and assault and battery, 1 st degree. The warrants state that on or between July…
