COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has ordered her Cabinet agencies to audit employees’ use of taxpayer-funded phones, computers and vehicles. The executive order requires the agencies to complete their inventory and report any potential savings by Dec. 31. It specifies the review must include cellphones, landline phones, desktop printers, laptops and state vehicles. Asked whether there…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you’re headed to a University of South Carolina Athletic event, you might want to leave the purse and bookbag at home. The University Athletics Department is now implementing a clear bag policy for all ticketed athletic events. The policy will take effect in the 2016-17 season. According to officials, the policy will limit the size and…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Suspects wanted by the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office wanted more than chicken after breaking into the local Chick-fil-A early Monday. Police say surveillance cameras captured the pair crawling across the floor of the St. Matthews Road eatery just after 4 a.m. The suspects broke a window to gain entry to the store and are seen making their way to an…
(CNN) – Garrett police have a juvenile in custody after a family said their 3-year old girl was put in a washer and dryer by her babysitter and his friends Categories: National News Tags: Justice, Legal
The mother of Philando Castile, a black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Minnesota, says her son “is a driving force in me to make sure this doesn’t happen to another mother.” “It’s been going on too long,” Castile’s mother, Valerie Castile, said today. “I used to look at TV and see other parents under these…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – An 18-year-old man is wanted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department for an alleged burglary in May. Authorities say Jacobi Scott broke the rear window of a home in the 3900 block of May Drive on Tuesday, May 24 and stole the victim’s cell phones, a Coach wallet, and numerous prescribed medications. Scott is 6’ 2”…
Mark Sandford, SLED
Minnesota police may have pulled over Philando Castile on the night he died because they thought he resembled a robbery suspect due to his “wide-set nose,” audio from police dispatch indicates. On July 6, around 9 p.m., Castile was shot several times while in his car in Falcon Heights after he was pulled over by two officers for a broken…
Rental, housing, sc museum, toucan tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama travels to Dallas today to help bring healing to the city that’s mourning the shooting deaths of five police officers. Obama will address an interfaith memorial service this afternoon, and the stunned city is also expected to hear from former President George W. Bush. Last night in Dallas, more than 1,000 people gathered for…
