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Sen. Graham responds after President Trump’s “s***hole countries” remark

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Senator Lindsey Graham has released a statement about a meeting where President Donald Trump made his “s***hole countries” remark Thursday (1/11). Graham says he already said his “piece directly to him.” In the statement Friday, Graham says “following comments by the President, I said my piece directly to him yesterday. The President and all those attending…

Lexington, Local News, News

Deadly Crash I20

ABC Columbia Staff,

Lexington,SC (WOLO)—- one person is dead after a crash on interstate 20 at mile marker 74. Stay with ABC Columbia News as we continue to follow this breaking story on air and online. Categories: Lexington, Local News, News
Local News, News, Richland, State

“Truckers Against Trafficking” Empowers Truck Drivers To End Human Trafficking

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  Columbia, SC (WOLO)–  Thursday, thousands of South Carolina’s truckers joined the fight against trafficking. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a partnership that trains people who drive big rigs on how to spot and how to respond to trafficking. “I…. I didn’t know… I just, you know, she didn’t want to be there by herself I can almost promise you that….
Local News, News, Richland

Sheriff Releases New Details in Nightclub Shooting

Rob Dew,

Richland Co., S.C . (WOLO)–  Sheriff Leon Lott released new details Thursday afternoon in a deadly shooting at the Black Pearl nightclub on Broad River Rd. Investigators say Trevonne Judge and Torance Peoples were found dead at the scene. According to the sheriff, Investigators determined there was an argument between the men who were killed and three other men who…
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SC lawmakers introduce bill to make electric chair default method of execution

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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill to in the House of Representatives Thursday (1/11) that would bring back the electric chair as the default method of execution. The Bill, titled H416, would mandate that a person convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death shall suffer the penalty by electrocution. It continues that the person…