Columbia,SC(WOLO) —- According to the SC EducationLottery pick 4 history was made iver the weekend. Officials say Saturday a record number of South Carolina Education Lottery players won by playing the 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 number combination. The midday drawing cost the Lottery in excess of $3.4 million, a record payout for Pick 4. Monday morning, a…
Image: CNN (CNN)—- There’s a new species of worm, and this one has three different sexes, can survive 500 times the dose of arsenic it would take to kill a human and keeps its young in a pouch, not unlike a kangaroo. Researchers think humans might have something to learn from the worm’s resilience. Caltech researchers discovered eight species of worms that…
Image:CNN Forever 21 New York(CNN Business)Forever 21, the teenage clothing emporium that rode America’s mall boom and bust, said on Sunday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The chain said it will file a motion to close up to 178 of its more than 800 stores, though it said in a letter to customers that “the decisions as to which domestic stores…
Image: City of Columbia Columbia,SC ( WOLO)—- it’s been months in the making and now we get to see, and purchase the 2019 Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirt. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin along with the Columbia Police Department, Columbia Fire Rescue and other officials shiwed off this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts designs. All proceeds from the t-shirt sales will…
Richland County Sheriff’s Department says it’s investigating an officer-involved shooting at a club on Saturday.
Williamsburg County deputies say they’ve arrested a man accused in the homicide of a USPS postal worker this month.
SUMTER SC (WOLO)- Sumter Police are investigating an early morning shooting death. According to officials the incident happened around 2:47 am Monday. Sumter County Coroner Robbie Baker has identified the victim as McKenize Stewart, 42 of Dingle Street. Authorities say Steward was pronounced dead at Prisma Health Tuomey from an apparent gunshot wound. This incident is under investigation. Check back…
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) – A man is in custody after a woman’s body was found in a ravine. News outlets report Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler says the body was found Thursday in a wooded area behind a home in Gaffney. Sheriff Steve Mueller says 42-year-old Marshall Depree Lee is in custody and being held on a murder charge. Mueller…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s attorney general will again remember victims of domestic violence with a Statehouse memorial ceremony. Attorney General Alan Wilson will read the name of every person killed in the state in a domestic violence incident Tuesday while a bell tolls and a life-sized silhouette representing the victim is carried to the Statehouse steps. The Attorney…
LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- A motorcyclist is dead after a hit and run on I-20 in Lexington Saturday night. The wreck happened on I-20 Westbound near exit 63 shortly before 10:00p.m. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the motorcyclist as Jeffrey Jay Wurtz, 44, of Columbia. Wurtz was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries, according to Fisher. Officials say…
