LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)-A Leesville woman is dead after a crash in Lexington County Saturday night. Doris Smith Waters, 63, of Leesville was pronounced dead at the scene due to her injuries, according to Coroner Margaret Fisher. Officials say Waters was driving on Longview Street and collided with another car as she turned left onto Boiling Springs Road. Waters was not wearing…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A prosecutor is appealing to the South Carolina Supreme Court a lower court’s ruling that the state’s forfeiture laws are not legal. Last year, Circuit Judge Steven John ruled the state and U.S. constitutions were violated by a law allowing police departments to confiscate cash, cars, houses and other items that came from proceeds of illegal…
Sumter, SC (WOLO)- Two families are without a home tonight after a fire in Sumter. The Sumter Fire department responded to the blaze that broke out on Bethel Church Road Saturday afternoon. As a result, six people from two families have been displaced. The Red Cross is helping the families by providing financial assistance for food, clothing, lodging and other…
WASHINGTON (AP) – State election officials from around the country are gathering in Washington for training sessions and meetings with presidential nominating contests set to begin next week. The Department of Homeland Security held a training exercise for election officials from 44 states and representatives from more than a dozen voting technology companies. It’s a much different set of meetings…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s military museum is considering a name change that better covers all of its artifacts. The official name of the museum now is the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. But museum leaders say they cover the entire 250 years of artifacts and not just the four years of the Confederacy. Any change…
PELION,SC (WOLO)- A Pelion woman has been arrested and charged in connection to a bomb threat call to a local elementary school. Felissa Connelley is being charged with threatening the use of weapons of mass destruction. On December 13, 2019 a bomb threat call was received at Forts Pond Elementary School. Pelion police say Connelley said that “there is a…
NEW YORK — Nearly a week after honoring Sean “Diddy” Combs at the Clive Davis pre-Grammys gala, rapper Mase lashed out at the Bad Boy Records founder and accused Combs of ripping him off along with others signed to his label. “I heard u loud and clear when u said that u are now for the artist and to that…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One person is dead after a crash on the interstate Friday night. Johnson Reynolds Butchart, 54, of Chapin, has been identified as the victim who died at the scene, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. The incident happened at 8:00p.m. on I-26 eastbound in Irmo, SC. Officials say Butchart was the driver who hit a…
Universal City, California (WOLO)- Don’t miss your chance to see Harriet for free in the Midlands during Black History Month. Focus Features and Regal have partnered to offer free screenings of HARRIET in 50 theaters across the U.S. including right here in the Midlands. The showings will be on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Tuesday, Feb. 11. The film depicts the life…
SALUDA, Sc (WJBF) – Funeral arrangements for two teens killed in a crash in Saluda, South Carolina are now complete. The funeral for 17 year old Drayton Black is Saturday morning at 11, in the Saluda High school gym. A few hours later, at 2pm, a Celebration of Life for 16 year old Jaden Coleman will be held in that…
