CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The interim pastor of the South Carolina church where nine black church members were shot to death during a Bible study is suing members of his former church for slander. Multiple media organizations reported the Rev. Norvel Goff filed a lawsuit earlier this month against 18 members of the Reid Chapel AME in Columbia. The lawsuit…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The longest-serving mayor in Charleston’s 345-year history is addressing graduates at the University of South Carolina as he leaves office. Ten-term Mayor Joe Riley delivers the winter commencement address Monday afternoon. It honors those earning baccalaureate, master’s and professional-degrees from all eight campuses. Riley is retiring next month after four decades terms in office. President Barack…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County sheriff’s deputies say one man has been killed in a shooting at a Columbia-area gas station. Sheriff’s Lt. Curtis Wilson said in a statement that deputies were called to the station in northeast Richland County around 9 p.m. Sunday. Wilson said the driver of a vehicle parked behind the gas station was shot and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies say one person was killed and another injured in a shooting on Lee Road Sunday night. This happened at the Spinx gas station where Lee Road intersects with Hard Scrabble Road. Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says officers responded to a shots-fired call. Wilson says preliminary information shows that one person died in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting off Broad River Road. They say it happened Sunday afternoon around 4 p.m. Authorities say they responded to the incident, at the intersection of Dunnagon Road and Newham Drive, and found a man who had been shot. We’re told he is expected to be okay. Officials say the suspects…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a drive-by shooting at Brookside Crossing Apartments in Northeast Richland County. The complex is off Parklane Road in the Dentsville area. RCSD Spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says authorities arrived on scene around 9 p.m. Saturday. One of the two involved vehicles was still there. They’re searching for the second. Lt. Wilson…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two suspects in a tow-truck theft. Authorities say the suspects took the two-truck from a business in the 5000-block of Platt Springs Road on December 6. Security system cameras at the business captured shots of two suspects getting out of a dark Fiat, breaking into the tow truck and driving…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies say a house fire Saturday morning was started by meth manufacturing. RCSD Spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says the RCSD bomb squad, deputies and Columbia and Richland Fire Departments responded to the 800-block of Ohio Street around 8 a.m. Saturday. Lt. Wilson says investigators determined that 42-year-old Jeffrey McDaniel had been cooking meth in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A Columbia musician is among those musicians nominated for Best Children’s Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards Molly Ledford, the lead singer in Columbia-based band Lunch Money, partnered with her friend, fellow musician Billy Kelly, to create “Trees.” The two will be performing songs from the album at Richland Library Main on Saturday December 12…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — For one Forest Acres shop owner, the holiday season signals new beginnings. “It was very important to us to get back open again before the holidays got going really good,” The Picture Place owner Sheree Smith says. Three days after historic flooding hit the Midlands two months ago, Smith headed to her shop of 21 years,…
