Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Drivers with a suspended license have a chance to get back on the road this week, thanks to the Department of Motor Vehicles. During this week, South Carolina licensed drivers, who lost their driving privileges because of: – Excessive points for someone under the age of 18 – Operating an unlicensed taxi – Operating an uninsured vehicle that…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – It’s budget week in the South Carolina House. Debate opened Monday on the Ways and Means Committee’s roughly $8 billion spending plan for state taxes. It includes $150 million to begin shoring up the state’s pension system for public workers and $82 million to cover Hurricane Matthew cleanup costs. The budget proposal for the fiscal year…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – South Carolina (27-4) earned a No. 1 seed in its 14th berth in the NCAA Tournament and will face 16th-seeded UNC Asheville (19-14) on Fri., March 17, at 5 p.m. ET, with the contest set to be televised on ESPN2 in the event’s opening round. The Gamecocks are in the Stockton Region and will host…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order Monday suspending Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah. According to the order, Baddourah’s arrest for Second Degree Domestic Violence is a crime of “moral turpitude” and therefore he will remain suspended until he is acquitted. Baddourah released a statement Monday evening which reads in part, “It’s troubling that the Governor…
AIKEN, SC (WOLO)– The SC Highway Patrol says it has made an arrest in connection with the hit and run deaths of two SC DOT workers and the injury of a third worker. According to the SC Department of Public Safety, Lonnie Dean Miller is facing numerous charges, including two counts of Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Death…
Federal Judge Mark Gergel has denied the government’s motion to increase the punishment Joey Meek could get under federal sentencing guidelines.
A Cheatham County woman found herself crippled with fear after waking up to a snake slithering on her.
A mother and her daughter have been robbed as they sold Girl Scout cookies outside a Wal-Mart store in northwestern South Carolina.
Toby Butlar Boyd NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A serial burglar was arrested in Georgia over the weekend more than a month after officials launched a massive manhunt. Toby Butlar Boyd, 43, was found in Wilcox, Georgia hiding in an abandoned mobile, Newberry County Sheriff Lee Foster said. On February 9, Boyd is accused of fleeing on foot after being stopped…
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the community’s assistance in locating a man and woman wanted in connection with at least two car break-ins and credit card fraud.
