COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the suspect who allegedly shot at deputies during an officer-involved shooting on Saturday will face charges. Sheriff Lott announced the pending arrest of 59-year-old Roger Hale. Hale will be charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, receiving stolen goods, and weapons violations. Officials say that at 8 p.m….
IRMO, S.C. (WOLO) — Two people are dead following a motorcycle accident in Irmo on Sunday. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said the accident occurred just after 6 p.m. at the intersection of Lake Murray Boulevard and Weeping Cherry Lane. 24-year-old Jay Joy of Columbia, was driving his 2006 Yamaha motorcycle when it collided with a black SUV Fisher…
(ABC News) — Federal officials around the world today are urgently trying to track the backgrounds and contacts of the newly-married parents of a baby girl who killed 14 people in California last week in a suspected ISIS-inspired attack, as a new photograph emerged showing the future terrorists entering the U.S. together for the first time last year. The image,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Will Muschamp has received a 5-year, $16 million deal to lead the South Carolina football program. University trustees approved the contract Monday morning, a day after South Carolina announced he would replace Steve Spurrier. Muschamp’s contract pays him $3 million in the first year, increases each year after by $100,000 and contains a variety of incentives….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is requesting the community’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted for stealing over $7,000 worth of merchandise. Sheriff Lott said that sometime between 6 p.m. on Monday, November 2, to Wednesday, November 11 one or multiple suspects broke into a business at 1000 Bluff Industrial Boulevard. Authorities say the suspect(s) was…
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCIV) — After almost four decades, Walterboro police have made an arrest in a murder case that’s been cold since 1978. The suspect, 59-year-old James Willie Butterfield, was charged on Tuesday with murder, criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, and burglary in the first degree. According to the original incident report, in the early hours of May…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a man wanted for attempted murder. Sheriff Leon Lott said 25-year-old Leroy Beaton II and the victim were involved in a verbal altercation that became physical. Beaton allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the victim Lott said. The incident happened around 2 a.m. on Sunday,…
The Louisiana State University marching band will learn the University of South Carolina’s fight song and alma mater.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A Clifton man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting his wife to death a day after her birthday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old secretary for the NAACP defied Jim Crow laws that called for the separation of the races by refusing to move to the back of a bus in order to allow a white passenger to have her seat. Her defiant act in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 was a pivotal point…
