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State Reports Low Shrimp Harvest Numbers

(WOLO) – If you have shrimp on your holiday menu, they may be harder to come by. The State Department of Natural Resources says the Fall White Shrimp harvest is hundreds of thousands of pounds below normal. DNR however, says the Spring and Summer harvests were well above average. Officials say warmer than usual water may be to blame for…

Former Police Officer to be Sentenced for Killing of Unarmed Black Man

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO) – The attorneys for a former North Charleston police officer say it would be unreasonable to sentence their client to life in prison. In court documents filed last week, lawyers representing Michael Slager say he committed voluntary manslaughter in the 2015 killing of Walter Scott. Prosecutors are seeking life in prison. Slager’s sentencing hearing is scheduled…

4 Arrested after Bust at West Columbia “Major” Drug House

WRIGHT, AMIRCLE BERTELL FRASIER, SPENCER QUANAMAIN FAVOR, DEANDRE DEMORIS BROWN, RASHAUN BENJAMIN WEST COLUMBIA, SC (Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, WOLO) – Four people were arrested Tuesday (11/14) at a home in West Columbia where a house full of drugs and guns were found. The arrests were made after a search warrant was executed to make an arrest on just one…

Columbia Man Arrested for Stalking, Using Explosives

LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – Lexington Police have arrested a man accused of stalking and using a destruction device. Robert Howard Adams, Jr.,  43, was arrested Tuesday (11/14) and remains in the Lexington County Detention Center. According to a news release sent Thursday, beginning in late October,  Adams is believed to have been involved in stalking a victim who lives in…