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Thieves Wanted for Stealing $25,000 Worth of Lawn Equipment

Grace Joyal

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Multiple suspects are wanted in connection to a theft at Green Earth Services early Monday morning. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said the thieves broke into multiple landscaping trucks on the property at 7426 Fairfield Rd. around 2 a.m., stealing approximately $25,000 worth of STIHL lawn equipment. Deputies said the stolen goods include blowers, edgers…
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Memorial Held for Chef Shot and Killed in Charleston

ABC Columbia Staff

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WOLO) – A memorial for the victim of a deadly hostage situation in Charleston was held Sunday. Anthony Shane Whiddon was shot and killed Thursday inside the restaurant ‘Virginia’s on King’. Whiddon was the Executive Chef there. Flowers were seen outside of the restaurant as mourners paid their respects. Also, in just two days a Go-Fund-Me for his…
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Tropical Storm Watch Issued For Parts of Coastal Carolinas

ABC Columbia Staff

(Source: National Hurricane Center) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch for parts of North and South Carolina. An advisory issued at 5 p.m. Sunday says the watch stretches up the coast from the South Santee River north of McClellanville in South Carolina to Duck, North Carolina, in the northern Outer Banks. The…
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SC Red Cross Deploys Volunteers to Assist with Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort

Alexis Frazier

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)— Volunteers and staff with the South Carolina Red Cross were sent to Texas to help assist people affect by Hurricane Harvey. Tropical Storm Harvey is being called the most deadly and devastating hurricane forecast to strike the United States in over a decade. The Red Cross has mobilized thousands of trained Red Cross disaster relief workers, truckloads…
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At least 2 dead, hundreds rescued from flooding as Harvey hammers southeast Texas, creating ‘extremely dangerous’ situation

ABC News

Though Hurricane Harvey weakened to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon, southeast Texas — particularly the Houston area — continued to be hammered by the storm on Sunday morning. One person died in flooding in Houston, the city’s police chief, Art Acevedo, confirmed late Saturday. It’s the second confirmed death from Harvey. “Sadly we have lost one female member of…
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Crews Look for Father After 4-Year-Old Found Alone in Boat on Lake Murray

Alexis Frazier

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina authorities say they are searching for a man on Lake Murray after finding his 4-year-old daughter alone in a boat. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Robert McCullough said crews are still looking for Durham Alexander Delaura, 35, of Lexington. Delaura was a Columbia Firefighter. McCullough said someone on Panorama Point in Lexington County found…