PICKENS COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – A former Pickens County Detention Center officer is accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Raymond Whitmire, 50, is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor after investigators say he knowingly and willfully sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl in February. Whitmire is being held at the Pickens County Detention Center. Categories: Local News, News Tags:…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Who is General Robert Caslen? Caslen is a retired Lieutenant General and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and holds a Master’s of Business Administration degree and a Master’s of Science degree. Caslen served as Senior Counsel to the President and Interim Chief Financial officer at the University of Central Florida. His…
(photo: Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department/Alton Goolsby) ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO) — The Orangeburg County Sheriff Office has arrested a Neeces man accused of Attempted Murder, Domestic Violence of High and Aggravated Nature, Malicious Injury to Personal Property. The Sheriff’s office says 31 year old Eric Goolsby, of Neeces was arrested after deputies were called to a home on Lower Cherokee Road…
(Image: Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department /Timothy Hampton) ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO) –The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Department has arrested 41 year old Timothy Hampton accused of several crimes, including pulling a gun on approaching Investigators. According to authorities, investigators were traveling on Edisto Drive just after midnight when they say they saw what appeared to be suspicious activity on a side street…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Gamecock football players traded in their helmets and pads for books Friday, greeting the fans for Pigskin Poets. Several members of the gamecock football team, along with cheerleaders and Cocky took part in the event. The annual event at Drew Wellness Center is sponsored by the Richland County Public Library and aims to encourage kids to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Ahead of the Board of Trustees meeting Friday morning, students and faculty marched from the Tree of Knowledge to the Alumni Center, to show their disappointment in Gen. Robert Caslen. Caslen was voted in as president of the University of South Carolina Friday, much to the disappointment of some students and faculty. “I don’t think any…
CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO) —- On Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2019, Jill Biden, the wife of Former Vice President and now Democratic Presidential candidate, Joe Biden will travel to Charleston, South Carolina. During the trip Biden is expected to meet with voters and participate in the campaign’s nationwide Day of Action. On Friday, Biden will attend a community…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–A local non profit is helping veterans and active military who are suffering from PTSD. An outdoor summer concert in Blythewood Friday night will help benefit that program. The annual Summer Jam Concert is put on by the Big Red Barn Retreat. According to organizers, a live concert with headliner DECARLO, featuring Tommy DeCarlo, lead singer of the legendary…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – After receiving a vote of no confidence, the University of South Carolina’s Board of Trustees voted to elect Robert Caslen’s nomination to be the next president of the University of South Carolina. The process has created quite a controversy around the school and state. BREAKING: General Robert Caslen has been voted in as the 29th President…
Deputies say a 23-year-old woman is behind bars following an assault at a sports bar that was caught on surveillance.
