Kershaw County

Armed Homeowner Catches Suspect in Manhunt

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – An armed homeowner was able to keep a wanted man at bay as he waited for deputies to respond in Kershaw County, Tuesday. The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office said Christopher Cravets, 21, who was wanted on armed robbery charges, had run from a residence on Seminole Way in Elgin a few hours before. Deputies responded…

Hike, Bike and Paddle: Exploring Kershaw County One Trail at a Time

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Camden-Kershaw County Tourism partners have launched a 70-page Guide to Outdoor Life in Kershaw County. The digital guide includes family-friendly options like off-road biking at Goodale State Park or more advanced kayaking on the Wateree River and moderate hiking on the Battle of Camden Trail. Good Morning Columbia’s Grace Joyal talked to Suzi Sale, tourism/marketing…

Watch: Kershaw County Drug Bust

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_Crack cocaine and guns, that's what police say landed a Kershaw County man behind bars

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_Crack cocaine and guns, that’s what police say landed a Kershaw County man behind bars. Kershaw Deputies say during a traffic stop they found 15 pounds of marijuana, 17 grams of crack cocaine and 12 grams of powdered cocaine inside a car driven by 30-year-old Raymond Jones, Jr. Jones is charged with trafficking marijuana, and trafficking crack cocaine,…

Drug Investigation Leaves One Man Behind Bars

Raymond Quadir Eugene Jones, Jr. KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) –Deputies say Possession of drugs and a gun landed a Camden man with a lengthy criminal history back behind bars on Friday. During a traffic stop on Feb 12., Kershaw County Sheriff’s Deputies say they found about 15 pounds of marijuana, 17 grams of crack cocaine and 12 grams of powdered cocaine inside…

Lugoff House Fire Leads to Meth Arrests

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 methamphetamine. The Blaney Fire Department, the Lugoff Fire Department and the Doby’s Mill Fired Department all responded to the fire just after…

Missing Kershaw County Boy Found In New Hampshire

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Officials with the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Department say that a boy reported missing has been found safe in New Hampshire. 7-year-old Charles Chandler was never enrolled in school since he left Kershaw County, on November 24 officials say. He was last seen at his Dobys Mill Elementary School in Elgin and was in the company of his parents,…

Woman Dies After Telling Deputies She Was Hit by Truck

KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) —  Lancaster County sheriff’s deputies are trying to determine what happened to a woman who said she was hit by a truck shortly before dying over the weekend. Sheriff Barry Faile said in a news release that officers were called to a farm in Kershaw around 8 p.m. Saturday, where a man told deputies a woman told…