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SC Election Officials Confirm Receipt of President Trump Letter on Voter Information

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina election officials say they have received a letter requesting voter information from U.S. President Donald Trump’s commission investigating voter fraud. State Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said commissioners will carefully consider the request received Monday. He says they are researching state and federal law. Trump’s commission asked for names, party affiliations, addresses, voting histories,…

Suspect Arrested in Pennsylvania Road Rage Killing

The suspect in a road rage incident in Pennsylvania on Wednesday that ended in a teenage girl’s shooting death has turned himself in, officials said. The suspect, identified by police today as 28-year-old David Andrew Desper of Trainer, Pennsylvania, had allegedly attempted to merge into the same southbound lane as 18-year-old Bianca Nikol Roberson on Route 100 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, when…

More Than 100 Gravesites Vandalized at Greenlawn Memorial Park

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police are investigating after more than 100 Gravesites have been vandalized at Greenlawn Memorial Park on Sunday. Reports say at some point during the evening of July 1 and early morning on July 2, over one hundred gravesites at Greenlawn Memorial Park were vandalized. Columbia Police say and estimated $10,000 worth of damages were done. Damages…

Victim Identified in I-20 Fatal Wreck

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the name of the individual who died after being involved in a motor vehicle collision on Tuesday. The incident occurred on I-20 Eastbound near mile marker 77. Paul Cheezem, 60, of Batesburg-Leesville, SC was transported from the scene by Richland County EMS to Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital where he…

Lexington Man Drowns While Swimming on Lake Murray

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A Lexington County man died in a suspected drowning Sunday morning on Lake Murray. The Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, says Austin Carson, 23, was swimming with a friend at 2:00am near the Lake Murray dam when he began struggling to stay afloat. Carson’s body was recovered a short time later. An autopsy performed on July…