Charleston — Charleston County Sheriff’s detectives, along with United States Marshals, arrested two suspects for the March kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old female. 19-year-old Denzell Xavier Furlow and 17-year-old Davionne Allen Towns were arrested Wednesday. The victim reported that she was abducted on March 22 from a bus stop on Hitching Post Road in the Ponderosa subdivision in West…
The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It’s a vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of potential immigrants and visitors. In a move that’s just taken effect, the department says it has updated its immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms to…
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. –A Senior Airman stationed at Shaw Air Force Base died from health complications Saturday. This is the third airman to die in the span of two weeks. Aaron Hall, 30, passed away from health complications June 1, 2019 at approximately 8:47 a.m. at Richland Memorial Hospital Columbia, according to the base. Hall was assigned to…
Folly Beach, S.C. (WCIV) — Folly Beach Police say a man wanted for multiple felony warrants could be in the area. John Hamilton of Florida was last seen in the area of the 900 block of East Cooper running into the marsh. Police are searching for Hamilton and say if you see him to immediately call police and don’t approach…
UNION, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say two Union High School students have been arrested for hitting two assistant principals trying to break up a fight. Union Police said the two female students are charged with disorderly conduct after Tuesday’s fight near the buses after school. An incident report obtained by the Herald-Journal in Spartanburg said the two assistant principals were…
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) – It’s going to cost more to get an education at Clemson starting this fall. The school’s board of trustees Friday approved a 1% tuition increase for in-state undergraduate students, and a 3.8% increase for out-of-state students. That means tuition for in-state undergraduate students will rise $75 a semester to $7,560. Yearly tuition for out-of-state students will…
WEST COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Ten families are without a home after an apartment fire in West Columbia Saturday afternoon. Multiple crews responded the the fire at the Riverbanks Retreat Apartments on Comanchee Trail around 4:20p.m.. Fire officials say the blaze was contained within an hour. One firefighter was injured and was sent to the hospital for observation. In total, 8 units…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — The Sun News reports that the Myrtle Beach neighborhood is announcing the lineup for the second annual Grande Dunes Summer Movies and Concert Series. You can enjoy the events for free, while overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. The Sun News says the series will begin June 11 and be held on Tuesday nights every two weeks through August. While…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is again at the center of federal litigation spawned by a waiver allowing a state-contracted foster care agency to deny services to same-sex and non-Christian families. A lawsuit filed in federal court Thursday accuses the state and federal governments of discriminating against a lesbian couple by rejecting them as foster parents. Eden Rogers and Brandy…
State lawmakers are out of session for the summer, but South Carolina State Representative Wendell Gilliard is already looking ahead. Rep.s Gilliard is planning to introduce legislation next session that would add swimming classes to the public school curriculum This battle is personal for Rep. Gilliard, “I realized early in life that I had friends that lost their lives by…
