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Woman found dead at scene of “suspicious” fire

Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a death at the scene of a suspicious fire Friday night on Quiet Lane
Grace Joyal

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a death at the scene of a suspicious fire Friday night on Quiet Lane. Officials say they responded to the fire just after 5 p.m. Friday at 1145 Quiet Ln. While Columbia and Richland Fire were extinguishing the flames, they found a female victim, who was unresponsive, inside the house. The…
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RCSD Credits Crime Lab in Solving Murder Case

ABC Columbia Staff

Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is crediting science as what helped them solve a murder case. On Friday, Sheriff Leon Lott announced the Sheriff’s Department Crime Lab led them to the murder suspects from a case in December that would’ve become a cold case. “We had no idea who did this case and this case…

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Lugoff House Fire Leads to Meth Arrests

Kimberlei Davis

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Two people are facing charges after firefighter’s responding to a house fire in the 500 block of Railgate Loop in Lugoff discovered meth. Authorities arrested 27-year-old Katrina Severson and 25-year-old Andrew Dylan Wells and charged the pair with manufacturing methamphetamine. The Blaney Fire Department, the Lugoff Fire Department and the Doby’s Mill Fired Department all responded to the fire just after…
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W.Columbia Man Accused of Soliciting Minors Online for Sex

Kimberlei Davis

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) —    A West Columbia man has been arrested for soliciting minors online for prostitution. Stephen Patrick Skacall is accused of sexual exploitation of minors after he allegedly solicited minors for prostitution online, officials say. Skacall was arrested Thursday January 7, and was charged with one count of participating in the prostitution of a minor a felony offense punishable by up…
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Cayce Police Need Help Locating Missing Teen

Kimberlei Davis

Elka James (Cayce PD) CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) — Officers with the Cayce Department of Public Safety are asking the community for assistance in locating a missing teenager. Authorities say 14-year-old Elka Makenna James was reported as a runaway by her parents. She was last seen on Sunday January 3, around 8:30 p.m. at her home off of Sunnyside Dr. in Cayce. Authorities describe James as…
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Columbia Police Investigating Death on Queen Street

Kimberlei Davis

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Officers with the Columbia Police Department are conducting a death investigation after the body of a man was found outside a home on Queen Street Friday morning.   Death investigation @ 900 block of Queen St. Man found deceased outside of home this a.m. Autopsy by coroner will determine cause of death — Cola Police Dept….

State

Officials: Chester Teacher Finds Gun in Student’s Wheelchair

ABC Columbia Staff

CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an elementary school teacher found a gun in a student’s wheelchair in a Chester classroom. According to news outlets, a report from the Chester County Sheriff’s Office says a teacher at Chester Park Elementary School of Inquiry realized that a student in a wheelchair was sitting on a gun Thursday. The teacher lifted the…
Politics

Obama Slams Charge That He’s Taking Away Guns as ‘Conspiracy’

ABC News

(AP) (ABC News) — President Obama participated in a town hall meeting tonight at George Mason University in an attempt to explain a new wave of executive actions his administration is taking to curb gun violence. During the forum he was confronted by a rape survivor who said that the president’s actions were making it harder for her to keep her…
State

Coroner: Infant Carried into Horry County Creek Drowned

ABC Columbia Staff

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — The Horry County Coroner’s Office says an infant who died after being carried into a creek near Socastee last year died of drowning. Deputy Coroner Darris Fowler told local media outlets Thursday that the final results from an autopsy performed earlier have been released. The autopsy determined that drowning was the cause of death of 5-month-old…