HORRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – A Socastee woman has been convicted of dumping her newborn daughter in an apartment trash bin. Thursday (2/9), an Horry County jury found Shelby Taylor guilty of attempted murder. She will be sentenced next week. Attorneys say Taylor gave birth at home in 2015 while her husband and 16-month-old daughter were asleep. They say she…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A flu-related illness has taken the life of a child in the Midlands, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The death occurred in DHEC’s Midlands Health Region. This is the first pediatric death reported in South Carolina this season. South Carolina suffers its 1st pediatric flu related death, this according to…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State lawmakers advanced a bill barring local governments from placing restrictions on plastic bags or one-time use containers, like to-go containers. Bans already passed by some communities would not be affected. The bill was considered last year but failed after republicans in coastal communities argued the state can’t dictate what local governments can or can’t do…
ANDERSON COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Witnesses in the upstate say a woman used her hands to gouge out her own eyes. The 19-year-old was allegedly walking outside of a church but moments later was seen kneeling near train tracks. When Anderson County deputies and emergency medical crews got to the woman, they say she was holding her eyes in her…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A midlands car dealer wants to make sure the families of state troopers killed in the line of duty have the resources they need. Tuesday (2/6) morning the Hudson Automotive Group donated $25,000 to the South Carolina Troopers Association. Troopers say its good to know someone in the community has their back. Categories: Local News, News,…
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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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…
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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