ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)– Orangeburg County Deputies are still searching for two inmates who escaped over the weekend. A third escapee was caught on Sunday, and is awaiting a court hearing, say Deputies. Deputies say inmates Tyshon Johnson, Curtis Green and Christopher Boltin escaped by overpowering an officer around 10-pm Saturday. Both Johnson and Green are charged with murder. Deputies say…
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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Curtis Wilson, Co-anchor of Good Morning Columbia , is getting his grub on at Chickadees Diner. Monday, you can find Curtis getting an inside look at Chickadees Diner and trying some of the diner’s most popular dishes. Join us each weekday from 5am-7am on Good Morning Columbia. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, Local News, News
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–This week marks Salvation Army Week by saying “thank you” to the community. According to Area Commander Henry Morris, it is a week “that serves as an opportunity to celebrate our volunteers, donors and program beneficiaries who have enabled us to serve in the United States for 135 years.” Morris says that there are several events planned in the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Get ready to pedal. You can join the Cola Town Bike Collective on a ride from the Statehouse to Spirit Communications Park to watch the Columbia Fireflies host Greenville. Organizers say they will be rolling from the Statehouse at 5:00PM, headed down Main St. then through the Historic district ending at Bull Street. WHAT: Bike to a Ball…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -One of South Carolina’s chief medical schools is taking back the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby nearly two decades ago. The Medical University of South Carolina rescinded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree extended to the comedian in 1999. Multiple media organizations report MUSC’s trustees voted Friday to retract the honor due to Cosby’s sexual assault…
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) -A lawyer representing the estate of the 6-year-old killed in a 2016 school shooting in South Carolina is suing the prosecutor’s office for records about the case and the teen accused of murder. The Anderson Independent-Mail reports the lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Jacob Hall says the 10th Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office hasn’t complied with…
ORANGBURG COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One of the three inmates who escaped from the detention center has been captured. “Christopher Boltin was taken into custody in Lexington County by sheriff’s deputies in that jurisdiction,” Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “He will be returned to Orangeburg and put back in jail to await his court hearing. We will now focus on the remaining…
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One person was killed after their car went into a creek in Orangeburg Saturday afternoon. The wreck happened on I-95 near mile marker 90 around 3pm. Troopers say the driver of a Ford Escape was traveling North on I-95 when the truck ran off the right side of the roadway and into a small creek. The…
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, SC (WCSC) -Orangeburg County deputies say three inmates assaulted a guard in what they say was a “planned escape” from the Orangeburg County Detention Center Saturday night. Deputies are searching for Tyshon Demontrea Johnson, 27; Curtis Ray Green, 20; and Christopher Shannon Boltin, 27. “We have no way of knowing how far they’ve gotten and it’s still an…
