LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said deputies discovered a body in a wooded area. The body was found in the 3900 block of Fish Hatchery Road. The cause of death is unknown. No other details were given. ABC Columbia News will bring you updates as it becomes available. Categories: Local News Tags: body, Fish Hatcher Road,…
CNN– Twitter says its cracking down on online harassment. The social media company announced a new set of features to combat what they call abusive content. Those changes include preventing serial abusers from creating new accounts, a new “safe search” function and blocking potentially abusive and “low-quality” tweets from appearing in conversations, Twitter’s engineering chief Ed Ho said in a blog…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)-Kevin Lawrence Pearson has been named as a person of interest in a recent homicide. Lexington County detectives determined Pearson is connected to a homicide that took place February 8th on Princeton Road in West Columbia. 25 year-old Pearson is considered to be armed and dangerous. Authorities say he is also wanted on an arrest warrant from…
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Red Cross volunteers say they are assisting a family whose home off Camino Court in Columbia, was damaged by a fire Thursday. The Red Cross says it is helping three adults with food, clothing, lodging. The Red Cross is asking people to take two simple steps that can help save lives: check their existing smoke alarms and practice…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- South Carolina Electric and Gas is warning customers about phone scams directed at residences and small business. Restaurant owner George Xanthakos says his restaurant in Cayce has been targeted by scammers acting as SCE&G on multiple occasions. Xanthakos acted quickly by contacting SCE&G, an action the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (SCDCA) recommends all customers do…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A bill raising South Carolina’s gas tax and a number of other fees to put an additional $600 million a year into state roads is on its way to the House floor. The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the bill Thursday after a 90-minute meeting focused more on how the new money might be…
Newberry County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a burglary suspect described as a white male, standing about 5’5″ who was last seen wearing a black jacket and possibly blue jeans.
Multiple legal experts and former White House officials say Kellyanne Conway’s endorsement on TV of the Ivanka Trump brand violated ethics rules governing executive branch employees.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Richland County Deputies are investigating a case of shots fired into a home. According to investigators, around 10:30pm Tuesday night, multiple rounds were fired at a home in the 200 block of Lincolnshire North Drive. No one was injured, but deputies say there was significant damage to the home. If you have any information you are asked…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A South Carolina woman accused of taking a baby from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital and raising the child as her own has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and interference of custody. The Florida Times-Union reports 51-year-old Gloria Bolden Williams was in court Thursday morning. She’s been in jail since her Jan. 13 arrest and…
