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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
HOLLY HILL, S.C. (WOLO) -- A Holly Hill man is behind bars after allegedly shooting a woman multiple times at a home on Old State Road in Holly Hill early Thursday morning. Darrien Weeks,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The University of South Carolina has banned hoverboards in dormitories and a school spokesman says the university is considering banning them from campus entirely. Local media outlets report that university spokesman Jeff Stensland says hoverboards are…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A family of four returned home only to catch two suspected thieves inside their Crestview Avenue home Wednesday night. Authorities say the duo came exited the home around 10 p.m. to find the homeowners parked in their…
FOREST ACRES, S.C. (WOLO) -- Locally-owned businesses in Forest Acres have made it their mission to reopen after historic flooding, for their customers and their livelihood. Three feet of water filled…
Ticket sales soar as Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot grows to $500 million.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce unveiled their 2016 competitiveness agenda on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s very important that we help develop a work force that’s ready for the next century," said SC Chamber President Ted…
BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) -- A company that makes barrels for aging bourbon and other spirits is locating in Bamberg County, creating almost 60 new jobs. Black Water Barrels LLC announced Wednesday that it is investing almost $4 million in the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Winter is upon us and some people are doing everything they can to stay warm during the cold temperatures. Adding an extra layer when you head out the door isn't a bad idea, but when it…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- One of the nation's oldest public housing complexes, Gonzalez Gardens, has gotten the go ahead from the federal government to be demolished. The Columbia Housing Authority is…
Richland County Councilman Seth Rose proposes three motions to prevent future problems with the Penny Tax Program.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- Governor Nikki Haley will deliver the Republican party's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address next week. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement Tuesday…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Former Columbia City Council member Brian DeQuincey Newman plead guilty on tax charges when he appeared in court Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say that Newman was arrested and charged with failing to report over $200,000 worth of…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are searching for one or more suspects wanted in connection to the shooting death of a man early Sunday morning. Sheriff Leon Lott…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is requesting the community’s assistance in locating a person who may have information connected to a recent shooting incident on Hardscrabble Road. Sheriff Lott said that just after 1 am on Saturday, December…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Former Columbia City Council member Brian DeQuincey Newman and Richland County Council member Kelvin Washington were arrested Tuesday on tax charges. The arrests relate to a South Carolina Department of…
