Patricia Carter and Sa’Vion Barrow ROCK HILL, S.C. (WSOC) — The mother of a 3-year-old who accidentally shot himself with a gun in November has been arrested after turning herself in to police. Patricia Carter faces unlawful child neglect charges, Rock Hill Police told WSOC Friday morning. Investigators said that on Nov. 15 Sa’vion Barrow found a loaded gun in his…
An image of the commemorative envelopes provided by the USPS. (WPDE) — Six select South Carolina Post Offices will have a special, limited edition commemorative envelope available for purchase. The envelope recognizes the success of the Clemson football program in reaching the College Football Playoff National Championship game with Alabama, according to a release from the USPS. The specially licensed,…
Michael Slager is charged with murder in the 2015 death of Walter Scott in North Charleston. CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A judge on Thursday denied former North Charleston police officer Michael Slager’s request for state funds to help pay for expert witnesses. Judge Clifton Newman ruled Slager, who is charged with murder in the death of Walter Scott, is not…
Ryan Mauzon Padgett (Richland County Sheriff’s Department) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man who was wanted in connection to a double murder on Archer Avenue in December. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Ryan Mauzon Padgett was taken in to custody on Tuesday, January 5 and has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession…
Costa Pleicones sworn in as South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The state of South Carolina is taking a stand against domestic violence. On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley announced the recommendations made by her domestic violence task force. The task force compiled 50 total recommendations, the Governor implemented 10 on Thursday. “This is going too good to stop and we are not going to stop now,” said…
Clemson University Police Investigating Tillman Hall Vandalism (WLOS/ABC13) CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University Police are investigating after graffiti was spray-painted on Tillman Hall, a campus building named for a former South Carolina governor who was a white supremacist. The university said in a release the vandalism was reported Thursday morning. The words “Rename Tillman Hall” and “Stop Honoring Tillman”…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The last time lawmakers met in Columbia, Democrats and many Republicans united to bring down the Confederate flag that flew outside the Statehouse for 50 years. The Legislature returns Tuesday, and lawmakers hope that unity continues. But with hundreds of ideas about how to spend hundreds of millions of additional dollars, lawmakers expect partisanship to return….
President Barack Obama addresses American University’s School of International Service in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg/Pool/Getty Images) (ABC News) — President Obama says his final State of the Union address will spotlight the achievements of his presidency and lay out a sweeping, optimistic vision for the future. “What I want to focus on in this State of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Long-serving South Carolina State Senator William O’Dell has died. The 77-year-old chairman of the Senate General Committee died Thursday morning. He represented District Four, which covers part of Anderson, Abbeville, and Greenwood Counties. O’Dell, a Citadel graduate, also served on the Banking and Insurance, Finance, Interstate Cooperation and the Labor, Commerce and Industry and committees. The Republican Senator…
