COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s corrections officials are enlisting State Guardsmen to help them combat cellphones in the state’s prisons. Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed an executive order allowing South Carolina State Guardsmen to help patrol the perimeters of the state’s prisons, watching for people trying to smuggle in contraband including cellphones. The program is starting at a…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson, announced the arrest of Albert Lee Spivey on five charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Investigators received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Spivey. Officials say Spivey encouraged a minor to produce and send sexually explicit images via social…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – Friday, March 2, The Lexington Police Department will kick off the first of the quarterly “Coffee with a Cop” events for 2018 at the Chick-Fil-A Saluda Pointe restaurant. Chief Terrence Green, along with officers, Chaplains, and Volunteers In Police Services (V.I.P.S.) members will be on hand to answer questions, discuss issues or concerns, provide information on…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Residents of Lexington said they are excited to have someone in their representative slot that has their main interests in mind when at the Statehouse. Those voting today said they are ready to see a change in their government, especially after the Rick Quinn incident. Results of the election will be posted when they become available. Categories:…
One lawmaker says he wants to put guns in the hands of South Carolina educators and plans to give them away for free in an effort to protect school children.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police Department investigators have arrested a man in connection with several weekend armed robberies. Officials say 20 year-old, Christopher Borders, was arrested at his home yesterday and is facing two counts of armed robbery, shoplifting and malicious injury to property. Columbia officials say, Borders is accused of stealing several Apple watches from Target, a book bag and…
Charleston, S.C. (WCIV) – Charleston Police Department just released a statement from the Todd family. They were victims of an alleged attack and a kidnapping almost two weeks ago to the date. Today, officials say Heidi Todd’s mother, Brittany, has been released from the hospital. Below is a statement from the Todd family. “Thank you to the entire community for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-People from all over South Carolina came out to support bill S.516, designed to extend the background check period to five days to close what many call the Charleston Loophole, a flaw that allows gun buyers like Emanuel 9 shooter Dylann Roof to get a gun if they do not hear FBI in three days. Moms demand action…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) – A civil rights group is suing Myrtle Beach and its police department, saying the city discriminates against blacks by having different rules and stricter enforcement during a motorcycle festival catering to African-Americans. The national NAACP and its Myrtle Beach branch said Tuesday they are asking a judge to stop Myrtle Beach from using a 23-mile…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Feb. 22, 2018) — The American Red Cross presented a new Bloodmobile courtesy of a generous donation from BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina this morning (2/27). Representatives from the Red Cross and BlueCross BlueShield attended the event. Local mother Kelly Ellison also shared how the blood donation process impacted her; Ellison desperately needed blood after discovering she had…
