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WATCH: Army veteran with service dog kicked-out of Columbia hotel

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – An Army veteran with PTSD says he was kicked-out of a Columbia hotel because of his service dog. The hotel says he broke the rules, so they asked him to leave. 20-plus-year veteran Michael Greenberger brings his dog, Ginger, to hotels across the U.S. when he’s traveling for work. He was in Columbia this week shooting…

Police: $35K Worth of Equipment Stolen From Orangeburg Co. Residence

Stolen Massey Ferguson tractor, actual photo./OCSO ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for a quantity of heavy duty equipment stolen this week. On June 13, a North man called saying more than $35,000 worth of equipment was stolen from his Woodford Road residence. Among the equipment discovered stolen was a Massey Ferguson model 1215 tractor…

Whitmire Man Arrested for Selling, Possessing Drugs

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A Whitmire man has been charged with three counts of distribution of crack cocaine and second offense possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana. Officers from the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office and Whitmire Police Department served a search warrant on 44-year-old Frank Jeter’s apartment Friday morning, police say. Authorities say they found two grams…

Motorcycle Accident Leaves One Dead, Two Injured

File COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – According to officials with the Columbia Police Department, a person is dead following an accident involving two motorcycles and a car on North Main Street Friday afternoon. The initial investigation indicates that the motorcyclists were traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver of a vehicle traveling north was  attempting to make a left…

Columbia Pastor Elected AME Bishop During General Conference

Facebook COLUMBIA, S.C. (PRESS RELEASE/WOLO) –  Rev. Dr. Ronnie Elijah Brailsford, Sr. has been elected and consecrated the 136th Bishop in the 200 year history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church during the denomination’s General Conference, which was held July 6-13th, in Philadelphia. Bishop Brailsford is a native of Summerton, where he graduated Valedictorian from Scott’s Branch High School. He is the…

Orangeburg County ‘Chop Shop’ Operation Nets Another Arrest

Herman Johnson/OCSO ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – A 41-year-old man is behind bars in connection to what authorities with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office say was the county’s largest chop shop operation. Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said the arrest of Herman Johnson is what initially led investigators to the discover of more than 30 stolen vehicles last week. “We developed leads on this first stolen…