Monday marks one year since the fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce
It’s been one year today since the fatal Amtrak train crash in Cayce that killed two people and injured over 100 passengers.
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PALSS offers free and confidential HIV testing and STI screenings
The Palmetto Aids Life Support Services is offering free and confidential HIV testing and STI screenings this Tuesday.
Super Ad Poll: USC wants to know which Super Bowl commercial was your favorite
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- The University of South Carolina is helping end the debate over which Super Bowel commercial was the best. One hundred students and faculty in the school of Journalism and Mass Communications met in the school’s multimedia room for Cocky’s Super Ad Poll to watch the game and critique this year’s lineup of super bowl commercials. They will evaluate…
Police: Wife charged with murder after husband stabbed
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a 58-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing of her husband. Bennettsville Police Lt. Larry Turner said officers were called to a home Friday after Gladys Williams attacked her husband after they argued. Turner says Williams’ husband died a short time later at the hospital. He did not say what they…
Pedestrian killed in Sumter wreck
SUMTER,SC (WOLO)- Troopers are investigating a wreck that killed a female pedestrian in Sumter Saturday night. Officials say Sandy Johns,35, of Sumter died Sunday morning from her injuries. Johns was hit by a vehicle on US 15 North, in Sumter, at about 6:50 pm on Saturday , according to troopers. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday at The Medical…
South Carolina child returned to parents facing misconduct charges
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A family of three is reunited at last. On Wednesday, a Charleston County family court judge ordered the Department of Social Services to return a 22-month-old child into his parent’s custody. Foxx Coker was placed in protective custody amid law enforcement suspicions of child abuse. In May 2017, a two-month-old Foxx was taken to the emergency room…
Fingerprints of slaves etched in bricks throughout Charleston, guides say
CHARLESTON, S.C. — In a city that begs its people to stare up at steeples, sometimes the building blocks of history requires us to look down. “They walk over this or they walk past,” said Crystal Kornicky, a tour guide in training. She’s talking about the bricks lining Philadelphia Alley in downtown Charleston, which she says bear finger prints of…
Heart health: Prisma Health offering free seminars in February
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– It’s time to go red. February is American Heart Month. Prisma Health, formerly Palmetto Health, announced it will offer a series of free seminars led by cardiac providers with expertise in their fields. The first seminars begin on Tuesday, February 5. The following is information provided in a release from Prisma Health: What every woman should know…
Donation drive held to help Allen Benedict Court residents
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- In an effort to help the more than 400 displaced residents of Allen Benedict Court, people in the Midlands came out to a donation drive at Drew Wellness Center Saturday. The drive was put on by different radio stations and organizations in Columbia. City council member, Ed McDowell, represents the district and says he is proud to see…
Drug conviction overturned because officer isn’t expert
LAURENS, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned a man’s conviction and 5-year sentence on drug charges because prosecutors presented an unqualified police officer as a drug expert. The justices said the officer only had his experience on the Laurens Police force and one course from the State Law Enforcement Division when he testified in December 2013….
