Former S Carolina Juvenile Justice head back to state police
Freddie Pough, who resigned under pressure as head of South Carolina’s Office of Juvenile Justice, is returning to state police.
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Four charged for trying to get drugs inside detention center
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…
SLED releases 911 call from Murdaugh's alleged orchestrated suicide attempt
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…
Ex-Bamberg County council member sentenced to federal prison for lying about sex charges
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…
State Sen. Hugh Leatherman under hospice care
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…
Officials take part in the Great Southeast ShakeOut to stay ready for earthquakes
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.
SCDEW: Decrease in initial unemployment insurance claims filed last week
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: 879 new cases of COVID-19, 44 additional virus related deaths in SC
DHEC reports 879 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 additional virus related deaths in the Palmetto State.
UPDATE: Sumter PD ends search for missing man with alzheimers
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…
SC among three states warned over COVID rules
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 officials discuss breakthrough infections and deaths amoung vaccinated individuals
DHEC says out of the 120 breakthrough deaths among vaccinated individuals in September, 97% of people had a pre-existing condition.
Governor McMaster reacts to warning from federal officials about COVID-19 rules to protect health care workers
Governor Henry McMaster called a recent warning from federal officials about the state's COVID-19 workplace standards a "preemptive strike."
US Labor Department warns 3 GOP states over COVID rules
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: 823 new cases of COVID-19, 50 additional virus related deaths in SC
DHEC reports 823 new cases of COVID-19 and 50 additional virus related deaths in the state.
Wando man sentenced for 2018 bank robbery in Charleston
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.
Civil rights attorney wants deputies criminally charged in death of Jamal Sutherland
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…
Student at Carolina Springs middle charged with bringing loaded gun to school
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 PD participates in national drug take back day
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: 613 new cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths in SC
DHEC reports 613 new cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths in South Carolina.
Teacher reads bed-time story to students on Facebook after brain surgery
(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…
