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Accidental tsunami warning sent along SC coast

ABC Columbia Staff,

CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO) – No, a tsunami is not heading for the South Carolina coast. Tuesday (2/6) morning, private forecast provider AccuWeather sent an errant push notification to cell phones up and down the east coast issuing a tsunami warning. The company is now blaming the mishap on the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service however, tweeted that there…
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3 high school student killed in Laurens Co wreck

ABC Columbia Staff,

LAURENS COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Three high school students were killed in a head on collision in the upstate Sunday (2/5). The Highway Patrol says the accident happened around 11:30 a.m. on US 221 in Laurens County. The Coroner says none of the teens were wearing a seatbelt in a pick-up truck that crossed the center line and hit a…
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Expecting mother, unborn child identified in fatal wreck

ABC Columbia Staff,

DARLINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – The Darlington County Coroner’s Office released the names of five people killed in an accident over the weekend. The victims included Chikari Douglas-Rouse, 28, of Hartsville and her unborn baby boy known only as Douglas-Graham. The Coroner’s Office says the expecting mother was in labor and headed to the hospital when the wreck happened. Eight…
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Baby found in home with fatal overdose victim

ABC Columbia Staff,

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WOLO) – Police in Myrtle Beach say a baby was found in a home where two adults overdosed. Christopher Griffin was charged with neglect after investigators say he and a woman overdosed on heroine. Police say Griffin responded to the anti-overdose drug narcan. According to an incident report the woman who has yet to be identified died…