JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Police announced Wednesday night the capture of the remaining three murder suspects in connection to the April 27 murder of Keith Thompson after catching the first suspect on May 4. Keith Dion Jackson, 25, Lewis Rayshard Braclet, 24 and Brandon O’Neal Roundtree, 24 were found outside Gaston, S.C. by a joint effort from F.B.I., South Carolina Law Enforcement…
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) – Horry County council members are considering merging the police and sheriff’s departments in the only county in South Carolina that has two countywide law enforcement agencies. Local media outlets report that council members asked an attorney Wednesday to look into the idea and report to council members next month. Horry County Sheriff Phillip Thompson supports the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Midlands is seeing red. Thursday is the 10th Anniversary Midlands Go Red for Women Luncheon. More than two hundred men and women are set to attend the event aimed at raising awareness of heart disease and stroke as the number one killer of women. Go Red For Women is designed to empower women to take charge…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The City of Columbia has issued a boil water advisory for water customers of Gracern Road (from Janie Drive to Stoneridge Drive), Candi Lane and the Three Rivers Apartments. Officials say water customers in the impacted areas should vigorously boil their water for at least one full minute prior to drinking or cooking. The City of Columbia has…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – People who want lawmakers to pass laws to help stop gun violence plan to link arms around the South Carolina Statehouse. The Hands Around the Statehouse Rally will start with speeches at 11 a.m. Thursday and end with supporters linking arms around the capitol building at noon. Survivors of gun violence will join lawmakers as well…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A bill prohibiting South Carolina courts from enforcing foreign law in the state appears dead for this session. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-9 on Wednesday against passing the bill, whose main purpose was to prevent Sharia Law from coming to the United States. Supporters say preventing judges from using laws based in Islam can protect…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) –South Carolina senators have rejected an attempt to debate legislation aimed at banning abortion. A motion Wednesday to put the so-called “personhood” measure on special debate status failed after a senator who opposes abortion argued it would actually damage the cause. The measure would ask voters if the state constitution should say that citizens’ legal rights begin…
We’ve got Nashville on the newsroom TV screens as we update your Midlands and South Carolina headlines on this Wednesday. Here’s a look at what we’ve got lined up for you: It’s always been a mystery to men. What exactly do women keep in those big pocketbooks? Police in one Midlands city say a woman was packing more than just…
Columiba, S.C. (WOLO)–Richland County Deputies say they responded to gunshots at a home on Frazier Fur Lane in the Winchester subdivision off Clemson Rd. Around 8pm Wednesday night investigators say an argument between two men became physical. According to investigators one of them pulled out a gun and shot the other in the lower body. Deputies say the victim was…
Photo: Matt Perron COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – One of South Carolina’s most recognizable native bands has received the state’s top art honor. The members of Grammy Award-winning Hootie & the Blowfish received the 2016 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Awards for the Arts during a ceremony on Wednesday at the Statehouse. The South Carolina Arts Commission Board says the Verner award…
