Sumter Police Department officials say a man has turned himself in for a fatal shooting last week on Boulevard Road.
Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included “Clean Up Woman” and “Where is the Love,” has died at age 66.
Lexington County Coroner’s Office has identified a bicyclist who died after a fatal collision with a vehicle Sunday.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Beginning today, you may be able to dine inside some of your favorite restaurants, according to South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster. McMaster announced that restaurants throughout South Carolina will be allowed to reopen for limited dine-in services effective Monday, May 11. The Governor’s office says based on advice and recommendations from the “Response” component of accelerateSC, which…
File GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – A judge has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a man on South Carolina’s death row for strangling a Clemson University student with her bikini top 14 years ago. The Greenville News reports a lower court judge ruled that Jerry Buck Inman should have been sentenced by a jury instead of by a judge when…
FILEAdd Author BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina officials say a sheriff’s deputy shot and wounded a man who tried to attack the deputy with a pipe. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at a Bluffton mobile home park as Beaufort County deputies were responding to a reported disturbance. A statement from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office says the…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Catholic churches across South Carolina will resume allowing members of the public to attend Mass beginning Monday. Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone made the announcement in a letter earlier this month, with in-person Sunday services set to resume next weekend. Priests have been celebrating Mass privately, broadcasting services on the internet. Individual churches are communicating restrictions to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) —On Sunday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 113 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death. The death occurred in an elderly individual in Marion County. There are now 7,653 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, and those who have died to 331. DHEC also announced new COVID-19 mobile testing clinics….
FILE Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Saturday night, there was a fire in Fort Jackson housing that affected a four-block of townhomes. According to a press release, all four families were moved to another post housing facility, and no family members were hurt. Two responding firefighters had minor burns that were treated, and they returned to duty. The cause of the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–If you have questions, or if you are looking for information and about coronavirus resources in South Carolina, there’s a new website for South Carolinians. Governor Henry McMaster announced the launch of the initial phase of accelerate.sc.gov. The Governor and the SC Department of Administration have launched what they are calling a one-stop-shop website. accelerate sc website State…
