KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Three men were arrested Saturday (3/19) for cockfighting, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office. Moises Aquille Montes, 34, Miguel Martinez, 32, and Juan Diego Jimenez, 26, all from Gilbert, all face a cockfighting charge. A news release sent Monday says dispatch got a call about possible cockfighting in a remote area off Old Stagecoach…
Chapin, S.C. (WOLO)–After 35 years shaping young minds, Claire Thompson is calling it a career. Thompson, Principal at Lake Murray Elementary School in Lexington Richland School District 5, announced Monday her plans to retire at the end of the school year. Thompson has served in LRSD5 for the past 27 years and has been the only principal of Lake Murray…
Sumter Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Sumter County investigators are searching for answers in three fatal hit and run incidents spanning three years in the Rembert area On September 5, 2015, deputies say Elizabeth Lewis, 53, was hit by a car on Richbow Rd. and died at the scene. On June 18th, 2017, investigators say Dwain, Wright, 56, was struck and killed…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Candidate filing is now open for this year’s elections in South Carolina. Filing opened at noon on Friday. Candidates have until noon on March 30 to file their paperwork and pay required fees. The governor and other statewide elected officials face voters this year, as do all of South Carolina’s seven U.S. House members. Neither U.S….
South Carolina Athletics Ticket Office is currently selling tickets for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Albany Regional.
GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) – One man has died after he was struck by a train while walking on tracks in South Carolina. Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said in a news release that 39-year-old Scott Duane Cole of Gaffney died around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. Fowler says Cole was walking on the tracks in Gaffney when he was hit by a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Officials have arrested 22 year old Arthur Jones Junior in connection with a weekend shooting in Five Points that sent three men to the hospital. According to Columbia Police, Jones faces three counts of attempted murder. Jones was in bond court Monday, ABC Columbia’s Angela Rogers has this report. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Five Points, Shooting
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Are you taking the bus in the Midlands? Changes could be on the way for the COMET. Officials say the bus will be restructuring service in the northwest (St. Andrews & Harbison) and adding service to the northeast (Killian Road). Officials say most routes will see only schedule changes, but several will also have a route…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Walking for heart health. The Midlands Heart Walk is set for March 24. It’s goal say organizers, to help and support the women affected by heart disease, the number 1 killer of women. According to the City of Columbia, Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine has started a team listed as, City of Columbia Roster. Both men, women and dogs are encouraged to…
A’ja Wilson had 25 points and 11 rebounds in her last-ever college home game to lead South Carolina to its fifth consecutive trip to the Sweet 16 with a 66-56 victory over No. 10 seeded Virginia in the women’s NCAA Tournament’s Albany Regional on Sunday night.
