COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Family and Friends of a 14-year-old who was shot and killed over the weekend held a balloon release in his honor. People who knew Tiquan Taylor say they’re still in disbelief that he’s gone. “I’m going to miss you,” Jada Neal, Taylor’s Aunt said. “It’s not that he’s gone, it’s emptiness,” Solomon Scott, Taylor’s best friend said. “Knowing you’re…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 30, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. McDowell pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. FBI officials say they became aware of McDowell’s escalating white supremacist views on social media. McDowell…
(WOLO) – Fed-Ex is not cutting its ties with the National Rifle Association. Gun control advocates have called for companies to stop doing business with the NRA, however Fed-Ex issued a statement saying it “has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues.”…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – As part of Read Across America week, ABC Columbia’s Josh Berry visited Harbison West Elementary Wednesday (2/28). Fun time hanging out with Harbison West fifth graders this morning! #ReadAcrossAmerica pic.twitter.com/3prFHnxTaY — Josh Berry (@_joshberry) February 28, 2018 Josh visited Ms. Parnell’s 1st grade and Ms. Murray and Ms. Washington’s 5th grade classes reading several books including…
State Investigators say jails could be missing inmates that could be in the system for other crimes by not gathering the recommended amount of DNA Samples.
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO)-Voters in Lexington will head back to the polls in under two weeks for a runoff election to fill Rick Quinn’s seat in the statehouse. Both Chris Wooten and Anne Marie Green said their grassroots efforts got them this far but they have two different ideas of how they want to represent the people of Lexington. Wooten, the…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– In a place you usually hear quite a bit of yelling, lots of gavels banging, sometimes chaos, Wednesday the House of Representatives had music to their ears, literally. Some very determined school kids took the floor and showed their representatives they can do it all. It was a performance not like any other, students from the School…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Update: Columbia Police Department says a female has been arrested in connection with the deadly Prescott Manor stabbing. 23 year-old, Zhane Pride, has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Original: Columbia Police Department say they are actively investigating a stabbing in Northeast Columbia on Wednesday afternoon (2/28). According to…
Camden police are asking for your help as they continue searching for a suspect wanted for 2 counts of attempted murder.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Federal investigators say the crew of a CSX freight train was still on scene at the time of a deadly South Carolina crash, with an engineer running to safety as a passenger train hurtled down the track toward him. That detail was among information released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators have said human…
