SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) – From now through this fall’s presidential election, political junkies in the Spartanburg area are getting a chance to see their community’s role in the political process. The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reports that “We The People: A Portrait of Politics in Spartanburg County” … The exhibit at the Spartanburg Regional History Museum looks at members of the…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Secessionist Party is making plans for something it’s calling “Operation Retaliation.” The Post and Courier of Charleston reports Sunday that chairman James Bessenger says the party is looking for help securing large Confederate flags that it can display along major interstates and in cities and towns. Bessenger says his organization is looking for…
CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) – A Gaston man died after his boat capsized on the Congaree River Saturday afternoon, the Cayce Police Department said. The Lexington County Coroner said Marvin Browne, 63, passed away. He was fishing with a friend, who was taken to the hospital and treated for exhaustion. Witnesses reported that Browne did not appear to know how to…
The Newberry County coroner has released the name of the woman found in the waters of Lake Murray Sunday morning.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Expect heavy congestion along parts of 1-26 beginning Sunday at 8pm. The South Carolina Department of Transportation says it plans to close one lane along a portion of Interstate 26 Eastbound in Newberry County for emergency bridge repairs 8 p.m. Sunday, July 31, to Friday, Aug. 5. According to the SCDOT, the right lane of I-26 will…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies are investigating after a home invasion erupted in gunfire between the homeowner and a suspect early Saturday morning. Officials said it happened in the 100 block of Catherine Lane in Lexington County around 1 a.m. Both the homeowner and suspect were shot. Investigators said the homeowner is recovering in the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – A Lugoff man, who died after colliding with another car on his motorcycle, was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, the Richland County Coroner said. Coroner Gary Watts said Emmett Tolbert, 43, died Friday night, from blunt force trauma to the head. The collision occurred around 10:25 p.m. on Broad River Road at Beatty Road in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police are investigating a shooting that occurred near Palmetto Health Richland Saturday afternoon. One man was killed and another was injured. The Richland County Coroner has identified the victims as Donquiese Green, 23, of Columbia died of a gunshot wound to the upper body. The coroner said Green died about 30 minutes after being shot….
An Australian Cattle Dog was rescued this month in California after waiting in the yard for his deceased owner, officials said. Ricky Bobby, 13, was found outside a boarded-up home in Mojave, according to Zach Skow, founder and executive director at Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue in Tehachapi, California. “We named him Ricky Bobby because it was ironic,” Skow wrote to…
The pilot of a medical flight in California declared an emergency due to smoke in the cockpit before the plane crashed in Humboldt County, killing at least two of the four people on board, according to officials.
