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State offices closed for Confederate Memorial Day

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State offices closed Thursday (5/10) in observance of Confederate Memorial Day. South Carolina is one of six states that recognizes the holiday, though the dates vary. May 10 is significant because it is the day Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died and the day Union soldiers captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Categories: Local News, News, Politics, State…
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RCSD investigating shooting in Hopkins that injured one

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Hopkins, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a shots fired call near the 200 block of Greenlake Drive in Hopkins. Officials say they received a call that multiple shots had been fired at 7 p.m. this evening. A male victim has been taken to Palmetto Health Richland with a gunshot wound to the upper body….
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Mother, 2 kids killed in fiery crash on I-95

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Orangeburg, S.C. (WOLO) – A mother and her two children died in a fiery crash on I-95 near Holly Hill, SC on Monday. Amber Stanley, 24, and her two children Jack (4) and Autumn (2) from Callahan, Florida, all died as a result of the crash. Officials say the incident occurred when Stanley struck an alligator that was crossing I-95….
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Sheriff shuts down bar operating illegal strip club

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – The show is over for a bar Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says was operating a strip club illegally. Friday (5/4) afternoon the Sheriff issued a stop work order for “Mi Casita” sports bar and lounge on Decker Boulevard. Investigators say there have been more than 30 calls to the location from incidents ranging from fights…
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Sumter murder suspect captured in Columbia

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Richland County, S.C. (WOLO) – Officials with the Richland County Sherriff’s Office have captured a murder suspect wanted in Sumter County. Stephen Sennett was wanted in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Jerry Lamars Johnson after his body was found in Lake Marion on April 25. Officials say Sennett was seen in the Two-Natch Rd. area earlier this afternoon and was considered…