ORANGEBURG COUNTY.SC (WOLO)- The Orangeburg county sheriff's office is warning the public about a phone scam that uses the threat of an arrest warrant to extort money from potential victims. "We had several calls come in at our legitimate dispatch…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A man who was shot to death at a apartment complex in Columbia has been identified. Emmitt I. Hart, 20, of Hopkins, was shot by someone at the Lakeshore Village Apartments Friday night. Hart was taken…
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) - Sentencing for a teen found guilty in the killing of a store owner in South Carolina has been delayed because of new requirements for young people convicted of murder. Sincere Dinkins faces 30 years to life…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Columbia police are investigating a deadly apartment shooting Saturday night. The incident happened at the Lakeshore Village Apartments on Garners Ferry Road just before 10p.m. Officers say a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital. Information is limited…
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) - Recently released federal data shows that more than 16 percent of the drinking water wells tested near Fort Jackson over the past six years have shown contamination from a toxic chemical found in hand grenades…
SUMTER, SC –Deputies need your help finding three men accused of fatally shooting two men in an attempted armed robbery. Deputies say just before 10:15p.m. Thursday they found two men who had been shot out outside of a home in…
ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)- Orangeburg County Sheriff's office is searching for an endangered missing 63-year-old man. “It’s imperative we locate this individual soon,” Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said. “There are several medical issues we’re concerned about as well as the time this…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- A fatal shooting at an apartment complex in Columbia may have been in self-defense according to police. The incident happened at the Colony apartments on Bailey street around 9:30p.m. on Friday. Saturnino Alphonse Williams, 24,was pronounced dead at…
The Columbia Police Department is on scene investigating a shooting that injured two people and killed one on Friday night.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) -- Students had a real out of this world experience at the state museum this morning. Astronaut and South Carolina native Charles Duke attended a screening of chasing the moon…
The Sumter County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man in connection with the death investigation of a man who found dead along road with a gunshot wound.
After a suspected murderer escaped from the Sumter County Detention Center Thursday night, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said changes are on the way for how his team keeps inmates in custody.
Members of the University of South Carolina men's basketball team spent part of their Friday visiting with patients and staff at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center.
The U.S. Census Bureau is looking to hire over 6,000 applicants across Lexington, Richland and Kershaw counties to fill positions to being work in August 2019.
The Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the second individual involved in a fatal collision on Friday morning on I-77 marker 27 in Blythewood.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--Looking to mark those back to school items off your list? The South Carolina Department of Revenue has released the dates for the Tax Free weekend. The sales tax holiday will run Friday, August 2 through Sunday, August…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- A swimming advisory issued Thursday for parts of the Congaree and Saluda rivers has been repealed. The Midlands Rivers Coalition says follow-up water quality samples collected at sites that had shown elevated bacteria levels all met the…
Two people were killed Friday morning during rush hour on Interstate 77 at mile marker 27 in Blythewood.
South Carolina Highway Patrol says at least two people died in an early morning collision on I-77 southbound.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) -- The Centers for Disease Control says drug overdoses have caused the life expectancy of the average American to drop. Between 2016 and 2017 the average American life span dropped to…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) --- The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) announces new " Blended Lane" system airport officials say will offer TSA Pre-check passengers the same security processing guidelines, regardless of which lane they get…
Missing Kershaw County man found dead
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - Former Texas congressman and democratic presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke is strengthening his presence in the palmetto state. O'Rourke opened both a South Carolina field…
A murder suspect who escaped from the the Sumter County Detention Center recently has been caught on Friday morning.
