COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Lower rates for SCE&G customers will stick around for the time being. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied SCE&G’s motion to stop the legislature mandated rate decrease while the legal battle surrounding it continues. State lawmakers voted to force the utility to lower its rates in the wake of the VC Summer debacle. Categories: Local…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – An employee of a Chinese restaurant in Columbia shot and killed an armed robber inside the restaurant Thursday (9/21) night. Around 11 p.m. the suspect tried to rob China Kitchen on Forest Drive. Police say he held two employees at gunpoint when a third employee grabbed his own gun and shot the suspect in the chest….
GASTON, SC (WOLO) – A Gaston man was killed Friday (9/21) in a hit and run while he was on his bicycle. Around 5:50 a.m. Christopher Sharpe, 54, was riding his bike in the median on Main Street in Gaston when deputies say a white Chevy Silverado hit him and took off. Sharpe was pronounced dead at the scene. The…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Representative Ralph Norman is facing criticism for a comment about the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Bret Kavanaugh made during a debate in Rock Hill Thursday. Norman was debating his Democratic opponent Archie Parnell when he said “Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news on the Kavanaugh hearings? Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out saying she…
A Gaston man was charged with animal abuse Wednesday after he allegedly tried to cut out his dog’s tumor.
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department was just off I-26 near Piney Grove Road and Bower Parkway where a body was found.
Law enforcement arrested a Lexington County murder suspect in Arizona Thursday.
Nearly 400 National Guard members worked Thursday to quickly build a barrier for the city of Conway’s only major access point.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A South Carolina Grand Jury has indicted the former Fifth Circuit Solicitor on new charges Thursday (9/20). Dan Johnson had already faced federal charges that were announced earlier in the week for fraud and theft of government funds. The Governor suspended Johnson from his position Wednesday after the federal charges were announced. Johnson lost his reelection…
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