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Experts Discuss Best Ways to File Taxes at the Last Minute

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- The deadline to file your state and federal taxes is tomorrow, April 18, 2017. If you have not filed yours yet. Experts say you are not alone. “45 million taxpayers wait until April to file,”began local H & R Block Ofiice Manager Gina Falletta.  “A lot of times people have life changes. Whether they have a baby,…

Dozier Staying in Draft, Ending Gamecocks Career

Five days after PJ Dozier announced his intentions to declare for the NBA Draft, word leaked Monday that he’ll be staying there. The Spring Valley alum and former high school All-American is reportedly signing with an agent, ending his collegiate eligibility, and turning pro. The news was first reported by The Vertical. The Gamecocks’ 6’6″ guard said last week he…

Concealed Weapons Bill in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) –Gov. Henry McMaster supports legislation allowing adults to openly carry a handgun in South Carolina without a permit. McMaster’s spokesman Brian Symmes said Friday the Republican governor thinks the bill is constitutional and would “sign it if it reaches his desk.” That is unlikely to happen this year. The House passed the bill 64-46 last week. Opponents…

Cleveland Police Seek Facebook Live Homicide Suspect

CLEVELAND (ABC NEWS)- Cleveland police were searching Sunday for a man who broadcast the fatal shooting of an elderly man on Facebook Live. The suspect, identified as Steve Stephens, also boasted in the video about killing multiple people, but police said Sunday evening that there is only one victim. Police said Stephens is armed and dangerous and should not be…

3 Officers Injured, 1 Stabbed in Disturbance at Kershaw Correctional

KERSHAW, SC (WOLO)-Three officers were injured, one of them stabbed, during a “disturbance” at the Kershaw Correctional Institution Sunday afternoon. South Carolina Department of Corrections Public Information Director, Sommer Sharpe says around 3p.m.  there was a disturbance in the Oak Unit B Wing at Kershaw Correctional Institution. Three correctional officers were injured during the disturbance and transported to an outside medical facility…

Woman Arrested For DUI After Fatal Motorcycle Crash

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A West Columbia woman has been arrested for driving under the influence when she was involved in a crash that killed a motorcyclist Sunday morning. Troopers say Catherine Crumley ,52, struck a Harley Davidson motorcycle head on in the 700 block of Old Barnwell Road in Lexington County at 11a.m. The driver of the motorcycle, Larry…

Troopers Searching For Car in Fatal Hit-And-Run

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The South Carolina Highway Patrol is searching for a car involved in a fatal hit and run Sunday morning. Troopers say a pedestrian was hit on Old Camden Road near Trade Mill Court around 2:20a.m. According to officials, the driver of a black Dodge Charger was headed south on Camden road when they attempted to past…

Room 211: The Massacre at Virginia Tech Remembered 10 Years Later

On the morning of April 16, 2007, 32 people died at the hands of a mass shooter at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. With the 10-year anniversary of the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history days away, two people who survived the assault in Norris Hall classroom 211 recounted that day to ABC News, while two families of victims who died shared how they’re remembering their loved ones.