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Hit-and-Run Victim: “They know they did it.”

This video is no longer available. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) —  “They know they did it, whoever hit me,” says Marianne Frazier, hit and run victim.  Frazier says a walk on Trenholm Road Monday afternoon, almost  turned deadly.  “The victim says she was walking along this sidewalk and a trash can was here, so she stepped to go around it and…

Man killed by Richland County deputy was from NC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Authorities say a man killed by a Richland County deputy during a shootout after a traffic stop had family in Beaufort County, N.C., and was wanted for assaulting a police officer in that area. Investigators said 39-year-old Mitchell St. Clair Jr. had another person’s identification on him when he was shot and killed Monday…

SCDOT to give update on roads damaged by floods

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State transportation officials plan to give an update on how much damage a summer of record-setting rains did to roads and bridges in South Carolina. The update is on Thursday’s agenda for a meeting of the state Transportation Commission. The agency said in July that rains up to that point had damaged 99 roads, costing the…

Inquest says SC police were justified to shoot man

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A coroner’s inquest has determined that Columbia police were justified in the shooting death of an armed 21-year-old man. A six-person jury made that finding Wednesday. They met at the request of Richland County Coroner Gary Watts, who called for an inquest after reviewing the State Law Enforcement Division’s investigation into the May 25 shooting of…

3 men convicted in SC sports betting ring

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man convicted of double murder has been found guilty of being behind a sports betting ring. A federal jury in Columbia on Wednesday convicted Brett Parker, his father and an associate of operating an illegal gambling business. Prosecutors said Parker, his father, Jack Parker; and a third man, Douglas E. Taylor, ran a…