COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster is responding to the mass shooting in Las Vegas. On Monday, the Governor ordered the flag on top of the State House to be flown at half staff. The Governor also tweeted “The unspeakable act of evil that occurred last night in Las Vegas resonates in South Carolina and across the country.” “Words cannot…
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Lee Brice is a well-known country music star and performed at Route 91 Music Festival just two days before. Brice sent ABC Columbia a statement. In the post, Brice says he’s unsure of what to say. Brice notes how it could have been him and his team on the stage, just as it was Jason Aldean at the…
Midlands law enforcement agencies will partake in the National Coffee with a Cop Day on Wednesday.
LAS VEGAS, NV (ABC NEWS) – More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured when what appears to be a lone gunman opened fire from a perch high up in the the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Sunday night, police said. The “nonstop gunfire,” according to one witness, sent bystanders outside the resort on the Vegas strip…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Two years’ worth of emails South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent and received before he took the state’s top job have been deleted despite priorities to save the electronic communications as historical records. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports (http://bit.ly/2xT5Qvx) that no one acted to preserve McMaster’s emails from his time as lieutenant governor and…
AYESVILLE, S.C. (AP) -A church in South Carolina that dates back more than 250 years has again been the target of vandals. Salem Black River Presbyterian Church member Dick Dabbs says he discovered satanic symbols and phrases painted on the white columns, sidewalks and doors of the church near Mayesville on Friday morning. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis says the…
SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Sumter County Sheriffs Department is mourning the lost of a fellow deputy. Corporal Albert Bernard Thomas died Sunday morning after a brief illness, according to Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis. Thomas was in law enforcement for almost six years, and worked with Sumter County for three years. “He was certainly an asset to the Sumter County…
At least two people were killed after a knife-wielding man allegedly attacked people at a train station in Marseille, France, an official said. The suspect was shot and killed by French soldiers after the incident at the Saint Charles train station in the port city in southern France, according to a spokesperson for the interior minister. The spokesperson said terror…
The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, whom President Donald Trump slammed on Twitter for “poor leadership,” said she would meet with the president when he visits the island Tuesday if she is invited to do so. Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz also told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” that with the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, the focus should be…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police are looking for two suspects after a armed robbery Sunday Morning. Officers say the robbery happened at the Family Dollar in the 6200 block of North Main Street. While details are limited at this time, officers describe the suspects as two black males. One of the suspects is described as 5’9- 5’ll weighing between 150…
