Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is crediting science as what helped them solve a murder case. On Friday, Sheriff Leon Lott announced the Sheriff’s Department Crime Lab led them to the murder suspects from a case in December that would’ve become a cold case. “We had no idea who did this case and this case…
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Two people are facing charges after firefighter’s responding to a house fire in the 500 block of Railgate Loop in Lugoff discovered meth. Authorities arrested 27-year-old Katrina Severson and 25-year-old Andrew Dylan Wells and charged the pair with manufacturing methamphetamine. The Blaney Fire Department, the Lugoff Fire Department and the Doby’s Mill Fired Department all responded to the fire just after…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A West Columbia man has been arrested for soliciting minors online for prostitution. Stephen Patrick Skacall is accused of sexual exploitation of minors after he allegedly solicited minors for prostitution online, officials say. Skacall was arrested Thursday January 7, and was charged with one count of participating in the prostitution of a minor a felony offense punishable by up…
Elka James (Cayce PD) CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) — Officers with the Cayce Department of Public Safety are asking the community for assistance in locating a missing teenager. Authorities say 14-year-old Elka Makenna James was reported as a runaway by her parents. She was last seen on Sunday January 3, around 8:30 p.m. at her home off of Sunnyside Dr. in Cayce. Authorities describe James as…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Officers with the Columbia Police Department are conducting a death investigation after the body of a man was found outside a home on Queen Street Friday morning. Death investigation @ 900 block of Queen St. Man found deceased outside of home this a.m. Autopsy by coroner will determine cause of death — Cola Police Dept….
Ryan Mauzon Padgett (Richland County Sheriff’s Department) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man who was wanted in connection to a double murder on Archer Avenue in December. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Ryan Mauzon Padgett was taken in to custody on Tuesday, January 5 and has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession…
Costa Pleicones sworn in as South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The state of South Carolina is taking a stand against domestic violence. On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley announced the recommendations made by her domestic violence task force. The task force compiled 50 total recommendations, the Governor implemented 10 on Thursday. “This is going too good to stop and we are not going to stop now,” said…
Clemson University Police Investigating Tillman Hall Vandalism (WLOS/ABC13) CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University Police are investigating after graffiti was spray-painted on Tillman Hall, a campus building named for a former South Carolina governor who was a white supremacist. The university said in a release the vandalism was reported Thursday morning. The words “Rename Tillman Hall” and “Stop Honoring Tillman”…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Long-serving South Carolina State Senator William O’Dell has died. The 77-year-old chairman of the Senate General Committee died Thursday morning. He represented District Four, which covers part of Anderson, Abbeville, and Greenwood Counties. O’Dell, a Citadel graduate, also served on the Banking and Insurance, Finance, Interstate Cooperation and the Labor, Commerce and Industry and committees. The Republican Senator…
