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One dead after shooting on Lee Road Sunday night

Richland County Sheriff's deputies say one person was killed and another injured in a shooting on Lee Road Sunday night
ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies say one person was killed and another injured in a shooting on Lee Road Sunday night. This happened at the Spinx gas station where Lee Road intersects with Hard Scrabble Road. Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says officers responded to a shots-fired call. Wilson says preliminary information shows that one person died in…

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Deputies investigating shooting off Broad River Road

Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting off Broad River Road
ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting off Broad River Road. They say it happened Sunday afternoon around 4 p.m. Authorities say they responded to the incident, at the intersection of Dunnagon Road and Newham Drive, and found a man who had been shot. We’re told he is expected to be okay. Officials say the suspects…

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Deputies investigate drive-by shooting in northeast Richland County

Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a drive-by shooting at Brookside Crossing Apartments in Northeast Richland County
ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a drive-by shooting at Brookside Crossing Apartments in Northeast Richland County. The complex is off Parklane Road in the Dentsville area. RCSD Spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says authorities arrived on scene around 9 p.m. Saturday. One of the two involved vehicles was still there. They’re searching for the second. Lt. Wilson…
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Investigators Searching for Suspects in Tow-Truck Theft

Lexington County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two suspects in a tow-truck theft
ABC Columbia Staff

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for two suspects in a tow-truck theft. Authorities say the suspects took the two-truck from a business in the 5000-block of Platt Springs Road on December 6. Security system cameras at the business captured shots of two suspects getting out of a dark Fiat, breaking into the tow truck and driving…

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Deputies: House fire caused by meth manufacturing

Richland County Sheriff's deputies say a house fire Saturday morning was started by meth manufacturing
ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richland County Sheriff’s deputies say a house fire Saturday morning was started by meth manufacturing. RCSD Spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says the RCSD bomb squad, deputies and Columbia and Richland Fire Departments responded to the 800-block of Ohio Street around 8 a.m. Saturday. Lt. Wilson says investigators determined that 42-year-old Jeffrey McDaniel had been cooking meth in…

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Columbia resident earns Grammy nomination

A Columbia musician is among those musicians nominated in the Best Children's Album category of the 58th Annual Grammy Awards
Grace Joyal

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A Columbia musician is among those musicians nominated for Best Children’s Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards Molly Ledford, the lead singer in Columbia-based band Lunch Money, partnered with her friend, fellow musician Billy Kelly, to create “Trees.” The two will be performing songs from the album at Richland Library Main on Saturday December 12…

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Forest Acres frame shop reopens after flood

Small business destroyed in flood waters reopens in time for the holiday rush
Grace Joyal

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — For one Forest Acres shop owner, the holiday season signals new beginnings. “It was very important to us to get back open again before the holidays got going really good,” The Picture Place owner Sheree Smith says. Three days after historic flooding hit the Midlands two months ago, Smith headed to her shop of 21 years,…
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Transplant Recipient Meets Donor’s Family

A liver transplant recipient meets donor's family a year after receiving transplant.
ABC Columbia Staff

Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — On Friday morning, a transplant recipient met her donor’s family for the first time. At the South Carolina State Museum, the room was filled with many hugs and tears as Jackie Varnadore met the family of the woman who saved her life. “It’s nice to meet her family, I’m happy for me but I’m sad…
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R. Kelly is Coming to CLA in February

Kimberlei Davis

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — R&B crooner R. Kelly is coming to the Colonial Life Arena in 2016. The Chicago native and Multi-Grammy award winner will be live in concert on February 12. Tickets for the event go on sale December 18 at 10 a.m. Announcement: R. Kelly is bringing his signature soulfulness to @columbiasc on Feb. 12! Tix go on sale…

Politics

Ben Carson Claims Laquan McDonald Video Hidden From Public for ‘Political Reasons’

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(ABC News) — Following a private roundtable meeting with pastors and religious leaders in Chicago, Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson addressed the healing that needs to happen in the city following the police-involved shooting death of Laquan McDonald, calling the shooting “despicable” and “abominable.” Chicago police have been under scrutiny since the public release of dash cam video that appears to…