RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s assistance identifying one or more suspects who allegedly stole a utility trailer. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said the suspect (s) went to the Quality Inn located at 8104 Two Notch on Tuesday, April 26 and took the victim’s white fully enclosed 2006 Pace Utility Trailer from…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A judge has ruled that the man accused of killing two people and burying their bodies in the backyard of his home will go to trial for murder. James Loftis’ lawyer, Stephen Harris, had asked the judge to dismiss his murder charges, arguing that Loftis was threatened at his house and was defending himself. Harris asked…
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Horry County Schools has agreed to let a transgender student use the boys’ bathroom after he was suspended for using the “wrong” bathroom.Media outlets report that the Transgender Law Center sent an email April 21 to Horry County Superintendent Rick Maxey threatening legal action if a transgender high schooler wasn’t allowed to use the bathroom consistent…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the man who was killed in a motorcycle-versus-automobile accident that occurred yesterday along Sunset Boulevard. 29-year-old Mark Christopher Wheaton, a passenger on the motorcycle, died on the scene from injuries he sustained in the accident that occurred at 5 p.m., in the 5500 block of Sunset Boulevard in Lexington. Fisher said…
Bryce Benning, who has been charged after police say he admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a student. (Chesterfield County Detention Center. Chesterfield County, S.C. (WPDE) — Bryce Benning, 24, is charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the third degree after he admitted to having an inappropriate relationship with a student, according to Chesterfield County Sheriff…
YORK, S.C. (AP) – No charges will be filed in a hit-and-run in which an elderly pedestrian was killed after being struck by the side mirror of a school bus. The Herald of Rock Hill reports that 77-year-old Carlos Octavio Madriaga was walking along a road April 13 when he was struck by the bus heading to York Comprehensive High….
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolinians stand by the decision to remove the Confederate flag from state house grounds. According to the latest Winthrop poll 57% of whites and 87% of African Americans remain in favor of the flag’s removal. But there’s a new battle brewing over the iconic emblem. The Confederate flag will continue flying at the Citadel despite…
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolina Highway Patrol continues investigating an accident turned deadly on Sunset Boulevard. Click here to find out the latest details concerning the deadly crash. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Deadly Crash, sunset boulevard
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A friend of the man accused of gunning down nine black parishioners during a Bible study in a South Carolina church appeared before a judge to plead guilty to federal charges. Under a plea agreement signed by 21-year-old Joey Meek and federal prosecutors, Meek will plead guilty to lying to authorities and failing to report a…
WCIV HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – The Beaufort County School District is investigating after a black woman complained that a white teacher told her son he should go back to Africa. Nicole Whitmore tells The Island Packet of Hilton Head that her son was sitting with other students during the Pledge of Allegiance on Tuesday when the teacher asked…
