Manning man gets 4 years for rap video threat
MANNING, S.C. (AP) — A 29-year-old Manning man has been ordered to spend four years in prison for threatening a judge and a former prosecutor in a YouTube rap video.
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NAACP chief's attorney wants new prosecutor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney representing state NAACP President Lonnie Randolph on charges of refusing to pay his dry cleaning bill and fighting with officers says he wants a new prosecutor handling the case.
Columbia set to host summit on healthy living
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The City of Columbia is promoting healthy living habits during a meeting.
Pentagon cuts hitting new soldiers in the jacket
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The automatic budget cuts hitting the military mean the Army's newest soldiers are leaving training in South Carolina without their full dress uniform.
SCE&G removes 280K tons of coal ash from Wateree
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Electric & Gas has removed 280,000 tons of coal ash from lagoons at a river near Columbia.
SC approves bidding for taxpayer credit monitoring
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has given its permission for the state to seek out a contract to continue credit monitoring for taxpayers whose personal data was stolen in a hacking incident last year.
Mayoral Candidates Use Change as Platform
Mayoral Candidates are gearing up tor the November Mayoral Election and building platforms they hope will regain the public's trust following tow major incidents within the Columbia Police Department.
Sex Offender Target
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)- More charges have been filed against a couple accused of targeting and killing an upstate sex offender.
New GED Changes on Horizon
Changes slated to take effect for the General Educational Development test, or GED, are dramatic, according to educators. They say now may be the time to get your degree before the updated version is unveiled.
Motion Filed to Disqualify Columbia City Attorney from Randolph Case
The attorney for state NAACP President Lonnie Randolph, Jr. wants someone else prosecuting his case.
Two Additional Suspects Arrested in Five Points Stabbing
Columbia police have arrested two additional suspects in a weekend stabbing in Five Points.
Tons of trash removed from Charleston streets
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Rental trucks line the streets of Charleston this week as thousands of college students move out and in before a new semester.
DHEC offering free whooping cough vaccinations
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public health agency is offering free whooping cough vaccinations at clinics statewide next month.
11 groups receiving student learning center grants
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Students learning centers in nine South Carolina counties are receiving a combined $1.7 million this year to help students outside of school hours.
Columbia hosting youth bike-a-thon tour
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 10-city bike tour aimed at tackling childhood obesity is rolling into Columbia.
Haley announces SC book drive for rural children
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A nonprofit started by Gov. Nikki Haley is asking residents to donate books for children in rural counties it serves.
Wednesday hearing set in SC adoption dispute
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge is set to consider how to transfer a girl of Cherokee heritage from her biological father in Oklahoma to the couple seeking to adopt her.
Murder Suspect Extradited to SC
20 year old Joseph Manners is accused of killing his grandparents and setting fire to their Sumter County home. Manners was extradited back to South Carolina from Cleveland, Ohio where he was spotted driving his grandparents stolen car.
Mayor's Panel on Violent Crime Meets
When the murder of 33-year-old Midlands mother of four, Kelly Hunnewell, was gunned down during a late night robbery of a bakery earlier this month, it got the attention of columbia mayor steve benjamin in a unique way.
Volunteers help keep signals bright on SC lake
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Boaters on Lake Murray aren't stuck in the dark after sunset thanks to dozens of navigation lights along the 650-mile lakefront and the volunteers who keep them bright.
SC bar employees stabbed after asking men to leave
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia police are trying to identify two men accused of stabbing employees of a bar that kicked them out.
SC agency spends $635K to provide traffic control
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina taxpayers spend about $635,400 yearly on traffic control provided by highway troopers, with three college football teams accounting for three-quarters of that.
North Carolina Flooding
Parts of North Carolina remains under a state of emergency after heavy rain causes flooding damaging homes, cars and roadways.
Robbery Suspect Behind Bars
A 19 year old is in jail after turning himself into police over the weekend. The teen is accused of robbing several convenience stores over a period of two months from West Columbia to Lexington.
Meth Lab Seized
6 people are behind bars accused of running a methamphetamine lab out of a home in Lexington County.
