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Police investigating after video shows officer punch man

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The Columbia Police Department is responding after video surfaced on social media. The cell phone footage shows a person being arrested by a CPD officer. In the video the officer appears to punch the suspect several times in the head. A spokesperson for the department says the incident is under investigation. “We have reviewed the citizen video…
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Man and woman arrested on drug, weapon charges

Alexis Frazier,

LEXINGTON, S.C. – A narcotics operation last month netted two arrests, which prompted agents to search a home and a storage unit in Lexington. Richard Eugene Ford, 60, and, Cynthia Rooks, 51, are charged with trafficking meth and possessing a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Ford and Rooks distributed more than 1,000 grams during an operation…
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South Carolina and Nevada GOP cancel 2020 presidential nominating contests

By KENDALL KARSON and WILL STEAKIN
ABC Team,

Republican officials in South Carolina and Nevada voted Saturday to cancel their nominating contests in 2020, prompting President Donald Trump’s long-shot primary opponents to rail against the stunning but not unprecedented move. The votes, which come as Kansas and Arizona are also finalizing plans to forgo their GOP presidential primaries and caucuses, follows a broad effort by the Republican National…
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford to challenge Trump in primary

Associated Press,

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, has decided to launch a longshot Republican challenge to President Donald Trump. “I am here to tell you now that I am going to get in,” Sanford said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.” When asked why he was taking on an incumbent who’s popular within the…
Local News, News, Sumter

Two dead after shooting at convenience store in Sumter

Alexis Frazier,

SUMTER, SC (WOLO)- Two men are dead after a shooting at a Sumter County convenience store on Sunday morning. The shooting happened around 1:30am at the Hop In convenience store on Broad street. The victims have been identified as Gregory Middleton, 30, and Michael Rogers, 30. Middleton died on scene from an apparent gunshot wound. Rogers later died at Prisma…
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Mark Sanford enters 2020 presidential race

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Former SC Governor and US Representative Mark Sanford announced via Twitter Sunday that he will challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in the 2020 presidential election. In his tweet, Sanford writes, “I am compelled to enter the Presidential Primary as a Republican for several reasons – the most important of which is to further…
Local News, News, Sumter

Two killed, at least three wounded in Sumter shooting

Crysty Vaughan,

Sumter, SC (WOLO)–  Sumter Police is investigating after two people were killed and at least three others wounded in a late night  shooting at a Broad Street convenience store. According to Police, officers responded to a shooting call at the Hop In, 1083 Broad  St., at about 1 a.m. Sunday. Details were not immediately available. This is a developing story…