COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Bills that give military retirees a tax cut, shorten South Carolina’s legislative session and ban ticket quotas in law enforcement are among the potential laws heading to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The Legislature passed a flurry of bills Thursday in the legislative session’s last hours. But ethics reform bills legislators have called a priority for four…
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Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Thursday morning Representative Michael Pitts announced that he and 55 fellow GOP Representatives were calling on Governor Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson to pursue legal action against the federal government. Eleven states that have filed suit against the Obama Administration’s directive to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity. Representative…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Lawmakers say they are close to finding a compromise on a bill allowing independent investigations of ethics violations by legislators, but its main enemy now may be time. Sen. Larry Martin said Thursday he likely needs an agreement to take to senators before Thursday’s legislative session ends at 5 p.m. to save the bill. The bill…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Coroner has released the name of the man who died Wednesday evening after being involved in an accident on Interstate 77. 42-year-old Kareem Agee Motley of Columbia died from blunt force trauma due to the injuries he sustained in a tractor trailer vs. motor vehicle incident that occurred at 5:30 p.m. on I-77 Northbound at Garners Ferry…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says she wishes Donald Trump communicated differently because bad things result from divisive rhetoric, as evidenced by last June’s massacre in Charleston. The Republican governor said Thursday that divisive speech motivated Dylann Roof to gun down nine black parishioners at historic Emanuel AME Church. Police have said the white 22-year-old charged…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) – Authorities with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department say narcotics agents arrested four people last month at a store they say is known to sell drug paraphernalia. According to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon, “Several pounds of spice, a variety of synthetic marijuana, and approximately $4,200 in cash were seized from Cloud 9 on Bush River Road,”…
Timmonsville EMS worker Richard Grooms is charged with filing false report following shooting. (Florence County Detention Center / WPDE) TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. (WPDE) — Timmonsville EMS worker Richard Grooms, 58, is charged with malicious injury to property and filing false police report of a felony violation in connection with an incident last Friday in Timmonsville where he reported being shot. Deputies…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A 28-year-old woman wanted by police after she was allegedly caught on surveillance video assaulting a victim outside the Richland County Sheriff’s Department main headquarters has surrendered to authorities On May 16, Courtney Gibson is accused of following the victim to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department after a verbal altercation in an attempt to provoke the victim….
Columbia,S.C (WOLO) — If you love art then a three day festival is sure to be right up your ally. The Midlands Clay Arts Society is hosting their annual ” Meet the Locals” summer sale. You’ll get a chance to purchase unique wares, art and sculptures and get the opportunity to try your hand at turning the putty in your…
