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Local News, News, Richland

New details released in fatal accident involving concrete truck

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia Police have released additional information in a fatal accident involving a concrete truck and a cyclist. Police say the truck was traveling south on main street and had a green light while turning right onto Calhoun St. At the same time, investigators say, a bicyclist was riding east on the sidewalk. As the bicyclist turned onto…

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Lexington, Local News, News

Deputies: Suspect arrested in ’24 stabbing death

ABC Columbia Staff,

Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– A man wanted in connection with a murder last year was arrested in Horry County. Lexington County deputies say Horry County Police arrested Donovan Holman after he was reported as an unwanted person at a home. Investigators say he is charged with murder in a stabbing at a home on Oak Ridge Lane last July. Another…

South Carolina Execution (death row)
Local News, News, Richland

Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely suffered in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, meant to quickly stop his heart, struck him lower than expected, according to a pathologist hired by his attorneys. The lawyers called it a botched…

South Carolina Department of Public Health
Local News, News, State

SC Health Dept. urges moms to make health a Mother’s Day priority

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Mother’s Day is this weekend and the state Department of Public Health is encouraging all moms to make their physical and mental health a priority. Officials with the department say they have a wide array of services available for women at every stage of motherhood ranging from maternity care to screenings for cancer and heart disease. “It’s easy…

Aptopix Vatican Conclave
National News, News

New Pope elected

ABC Columbia Staff,

Vatican City (AP)–White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers. The name will…