ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Officials say a 31-year-old man has died after he hanged himself in the Orangeburg County jail. County Administrator Harold Young said the inmate was found hanging by a bed sheet in his cell Monday. He was taken to the Orangeburg Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The man’s name has not been released while…
An 84-year-old missing man from Richland County has turned up dead, three days after he was first reported missing.
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — A Kershaw County deputy has died after suffering a heart attack while directing traffic at a school. Sheriff Jim Matthew said 50-year-old Deputy Rob Evans died early Wednesday morning at a hospital. A day earlier, Evans had been directing traffic at Wateree Elementary School when he had a heart attack. Matthews says Evans fell and hit…
All eyes will be on the Richland County Office of Elections and Voter Registration as the December third referendum vote in Columbia nears to see if there will be any foul-ups this time around.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A freshman South Carolina lawmaker is facing federal charges over the mislabeling of stem cells. Court records show 31-year-old Rep. Stephen Goldfinch Jr. was charged Tuesday with one count of misbranded drugs. Federal prosecutors say the Murrells Inlet Republican owned Caledonia Consulting, a Mount Pleasant company that harvests and processes stem cells from umbilical…
Wednesday, City Manager Teresa Wilson introduced a five member-search committee, tasked with finding the city’s next chief of Police.
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-Local volunteers are ready to serve up a traditional Thanksgiving meal in downtown Columbia.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The City of Columbia is again celebrating the holiday season with a downtown, outdoor ice skating rink. “Main Street Ice” opens on Thanksgiving Day on Main Street, right outside the Columbia Museum of Art. Skating is free all day Thursday. On other days, admission is $8 for children ages 12 and younger and $10 for adults….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Faculty and staff from the University of South Carolina are holding a Thanksgiving potluck feast for dozens of international students and scholars. University spokeswoman Megan Sexton says the event is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Consumption coffee house on Main St. near campus. Sexton says the feast is designed to show the university’s…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The city of Columbia is providing a place for the leftover cooking oil from all those deep-fried turkeys prepared for Thanksgiving. The city’s public works facility is collecting the cooking oil on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Columbia officials say they will also conduct the collections next week…
