ORLANDO, Fla. – Hours after friends and family gathered at UCF for a prayer vigil in her honor Friday night, UCF senior London Harrell was pronounced dead and the man suspected of striking her in a hit-and-run crash was rearrested, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators said Harrell, 21, was struck before 1 a.m. June 22 on Napiers Circle and…
KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) – Potentially rich deposits of gold in South Carolina are fueling a proposed expansion of a huge mine that has some excited about the prospect of 250 new jobs in a tiny community halfway between Columbia and Charlotte. OceanaGold’s expansion plan says the Australia-based company would increase its existing 4,552-acre (1842 hectare) Haile Gold Mine site by…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina residents will pay less to go to the state’s only public law school next year. The State newspaper of Columbia reports that in-state tuition will fall $5,100 next year at the University of South Carolina School of Law. That’s thanks in part to an injection of new money by the General Assembly into public colleges and…
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — A 20-year-old Clemson University student has died after falling from a roof. The Pickens County coroner tells local news outlets that Thomas Heard Few of Greenville was pronounced dead early Sunday after he was taken to a Greenville hospital. Clemson police say they arrived to find Few lying on the ground after they were called around 12:45…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – JetBlue Airways is ending its twice-daily nonstop service between Charleston and Washington, D.C. this fall. The last flight is scheduled for Oct. 26. The Post and Courier reports JetBlue launched twice-weekly service in 2014 to D.C., a year after touching down in Charleston with initial flights to New York and Boston. Charleston airport CEO Paul Campbell…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Columbia police are looking for a man who robbed a local convenience store at gunpoint Saturday night. The armed robbery happened at the Gaz-Bah convenience store on West Beltline Boulevard. Officers say a male suspect left on foot after stealing an unknown amount of cash. No injuries were reported. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at…
(Photo Courtesy: the Columbia Museum of Art) Columbia, S.C. – The Columbia Museum of Art is giving you a chance to get a little R and R during Self-Care Sunday. Organizers say it is a first of its kind event catered to dedicating a day full of activities that will help you find ways to treat yourself to wellness and well…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – A Spartanburg business man is accused of pocketing more than $500,000 paid to him by the Town of Pacolet to refurbish and repurpose an aging mill building. The State Law Enforcement Division arrested 64-year-old Callis Anderson on Thursday on charges including embezzling $10,000 or more and failure to pay employees. It’s unknown if he’s represented by…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after she admitted shooting her boyfriend to death. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal reports 34-year-old Amy N. Taylor, of Chesnee, interrupted her trial Wednesday to plead guilty to murder. According to a statement from the 7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Circuit Judge Lee Alford issued the sentence…
RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)-Deputies are asking the public’s help finding four people who broke into a local business and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cell phones Saturday morning. The incident happened at 3:00a.m. at the Best buy on Two Notch Road. Deputies say the four suspects stole three crates of cell phones from the location which totaled approximately…
