31-year-old Nakia Miller was arrested and charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Richland County Deputies are searching for a woman accused of robbing a motel in August. Deputies released surveillance video from the Red Roof Inn on Nates road. According to investigators, the suspect was staying at the motel and asked the desk clerk for a refund but the clerk refused. Deputies say she was seen grabbing the register key…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)–Blood supply is critically low according to the Red Cross, and today you can help save a life in the Midlands. The Faith and Blue Blood Drive is being hosted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department and members of the church community at the Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia. Official with The American Red Cross says…
An early morning Columbia shooting sent one man to the hospital Sunday.
RICHLAND CO., S.C. (WOLO): Gun violence among teenagers and young adults is becoming more prevalent in the Midlands. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department investigating at least 3 fatal shootings involving young people in the last 2 weeks. Early Sunday morning, 19-year-old David Green was found shot to death on Lawhorn Road. That tragedy marked 15 murders in the county in…
COLUMBIA (WOLO): A 19-year-old man is dead after a party in Columbia early Sunday morning. Richland County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene at the 1000th block of Lawhorn Drive around 12:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting. The man was found dead on scene and had been shot in the upper body. The incident is currently under investigation….
A bill making its way through the South Carolina legislature focuses on re-establishing trust on both sides in our community.
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department needs your help in identifying a suspect in the murder of a Columbia man 24 years ago. Authorities say Jack Robinson, 65, was stabbed and killed near a boat ramp near Rosewood Avenue back in August 1996. Witnesses saw the suspect, and a sketch was produced by deputies, but the…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is hosting a food drive during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. You can donate Now through Monday, November 30 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Deputies say you can drop off non-perishable items at the department’s headquarters on 5623 Two Notch Road. Those items include canned meats, canned soup, mac and…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook and Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott say they’ve arrested five people whom they say played a role in agitating the violence that followed after Saturday’s peaceful protests. Police arrested Marshall French, 22, of Gilbert, Datrion Gamble, 23, of Columbia, Marcelo Woods, 27, of Columbia, and Randal Metcalf, 31, of Gaston after combing through…
