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Coast Guard, Navy look for plane missing from South Carolina

File CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The Coast Guard and the Navy are searching for a twin-engine plane missing on a flight from South Carolina to the Bahamas. The Coast Guard said in a news release that the Piper PA 31 was reported missing around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. The Jacksonville, Florida, Air Traffic Control Center had received a report of an…

SC Governor’s race is most expensive statewide election campaign ever

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – The 2018 South Carolina race for Governor is turning out to be the most expensive statewide election ever. According to reports, the candidates raised more than $20 million in this year’s gubernatorial campaign. That tops the $17 million mark from the 2010 election. Between July 1 and Oct. 22, Republican Gov. McMaster raised more than $1.6…

The deputies who drove into flood waters, trapping and killing two patients, have been fired

CONWAY, S.C. (WOLO) — Two deputies accused of driving into a flooded roadway, which resulted in the death of two mental-health patients, have been fired. Officials say Horry County Deputies Stephen Flood and Joshua Bishop drove through flood waters on Highway 76, near Little Pee Dee River the night of September 18th. Rains from Hurricane Florence had flooded the area….

Lexington/Richland 5 School Board Candidate Forum; Josh Berry moderates

IRMO, SC (WOLO) – Seven candidates vying for a seat on the Lexington-Richland 5 school board gathered at Irmo Middle School Tuesday (10/23) evening, for a community forum. The event, hosted by the District Five Teacher Forum, provided the community a chance to submit questions for the candidates to answer. Lexington County candidates Ellen Baumgardner, Jan Hammond, and Ken Loveless…