(Photo: @countyoflex) Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – Lexington County first responders were dispatched to an incident in the 200 block of Minnie Fallaw Rd. in Pelion. Severe weather and damaging winds caused damage to a mobile home. The roof of the structure was blown away. Two people were in the home at the time of the…
Sumter, S.C. (WOLO) – Sumter School District officials are optimistic that power will be restored to High Hills Elementary School late this evening. The school was closed Thursday (3/1) due to a power outage. High Hills plans to reopen on Friday, March 2. If that changes, the school will make an announcement by 5:30 AM. Stay with ABC Columbia for more updates. Categories:…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, age 30, of Conway, South Carolina, pled guilty in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. McDowell pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. FBI officials say they became aware of McDowell’s escalating white supremacist views on social media. McDowell…
(WOLO) – Fed-Ex is not cutting its ties with the National Rifle Association. Gun control advocates have called for companies to stop doing business with the NRA, however Fed-Ex issued a statement saying it “has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs or positions on issues.”…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – As part of Read Across America week, ABC Columbia’s Josh Berry visited Harbison West Elementary Wednesday (2/28). Fun time hanging out with Harbison West fifth graders this morning! #ReadAcrossAmerica pic.twitter.com/3prFHnxTaY — Josh Berry (@_joshberry) February 28, 2018 Josh visited Ms. Parnell’s 1st grade and Ms. Murray and Ms. Washington’s 5th grade classes reading several books including…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Update: Columbia Police Department says a female has been arrested in connection with the deadly Prescott Manor stabbing. 23 year-old, Zhane Pride, has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Original: Columbia Police Department say they are actively investigating a stabbing in Northeast Columbia on Wednesday afternoon (2/28). According to…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s corrections officials are enlisting State Guardsmen to help them combat cellphones in the state’s prisons. Gov. Henry McMaster on Tuesday signed an executive order allowing South Carolina State Guardsmen to help patrol the perimeters of the state’s prisons, watching for people trying to smuggle in contraband including cellphones. The program is starting at a…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Attorney General, Alan Wilson, announced the arrest of Albert Lee Spivey on five charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Investigators received a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) which led them to Spivey. Officials say Spivey encouraged a minor to produce and send sexually explicit images via social…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – Friday, March 2, The Lexington Police Department will kick off the first of the quarterly “Coffee with a Cop” events for 2018 at the Chick-Fil-A Saluda Pointe restaurant. Chief Terrence Green, along with officers, Chaplains, and Volunteers In Police Services (V.I.P.S.) members will be on hand to answer questions, discuss issues or concerns, provide information on…
