Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)-- Deputies in Lexington Co. say a man and a woman are accused of trying to get drugs and other contraband to her son and another inmate inside the Lexington Detention Center. Deputies say Cassandra Shanklin and…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigators released a 911 call made by Alex Murdaugh during his alleged attempted suicide. September 4th Murdaugh called 911 claiming he had pulled over along old Salkehatchie Highway in Hampton County to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A former South Carolina county councilman has been given the maximum sentence for lying about an indictment on child sex charges when he tried to buy a gun. News outlets report that federal district Judge Mary…
Columbia, S.C. (AP)--South Carolina's oldest and most powerful state lawmaker is currently receiving hospice care after the discovery of what colleagues describe as an inoperable cancer. A GOP senator told The Associated Press…
Thursday, South Carolinians joined more than one million Americans practicing what to do in case of an earthquake. State emergency officials took part in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce says there was a decrease in the number of initial unemployment insurance claims filed in the state last week.
DHEC reports 879 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 additional virus related deaths in the Palmetto State.
Sumter, SC (WOLO) --- The Sumter Police Department worked throughout the night to search for a man missing since Wednesday afternoon who is living with Alzheimers. Investigators said 76 year old Dennis…
PHOENIX (AP) - The Biden administration is threatening to revoke the authority for three Republican-controlled states to handle their own workplace safety regulations because they have refused to adopt rules to protect health care workers from COVID-19. The threats were…
DHEC says out of the 120 breakthrough deaths among vaccinated individuals in September, 97% of people had a pre-existing condition.
Governor Henry McMaster called a recent warning from federal officials about the state's COVID-19 workplace standards a "preemptive strike."
OSHA officials say Arizona, South Carolina and Utah are not complying with their promises to enforce labor standards that are at least as good as those adopted by the federal government.
DHEC reports 823 new cases of COVID-19 and 50 additional virus related deaths in the state.
According to Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart, a Wando man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a bank in Charleston.
Charleston, SC (CNN) --- The family of Jamal Sutherland and their attorney are calling for criminal charges to be brought against the former detention officers they say are responsible for his death. Sutherland died…
LEXINGTON, S.C. – A Lexington County middle school student is accused of having a loaded gun in his backpack at school Tuesday. Deputies say the 13 year old boy, a student…
Lexington, SC (WOLO) -- The Lexington Police Department is teaming up with The Lexington/Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, and Drug Enforcement to keep your unused, unwanted or expired prescriptions from getting into…
DHEC reports 613 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths in South Carolina.
(CNN) --- One day after a Pennsylvania teacher has surgery to remove a brain tumor she hopped on Facebook live...to read a bed-time story. But, as Shannon Perrine shows us, she had another…
This week is Earthquake Preparedness Week. State emergency officials are raising awareness for earthquakes and taking part in a drill.
