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Richland County deputies investigating shooting incident on Beatty Road

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Richland County Deputies are on scene of a shooting incident near Broad River Road Friday (10/26) night. HAPPENING NOW: @RCSD investigating shooting on Beatty Road. Details are limited. #SCnews pic.twitter.com/mnsBfzWrdL— Josh Berry (@_joshberry) October 27, 2018 According to RCSD, deputies were dispatched around 8:00 p.m. to the shooting incident on the 800 block of Beatty Road….
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Richland County deputies continue their search for suspect in chainsaw attack

, Kimberlei Davis,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Richland County deputies are continuing a their search for a woman they say is accused of attacking a victim with a chainsaw. According to authorities Tiera Burgess, 23, assaulted the victim on September 9. The victim suffered injuries, deputies say. Burgess is wanted on aggravated assault charges say deputies. Officials ask if you have any information you…
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Coast Guard, Navy look for plane missing from South Carolina

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

Associated Press,

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

ABC Columbia Staff,

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….