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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…

Farm company adding 150 jobs in SC

McCall Farms/Courtesy McCall Farms COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina farm company is expanding operations and will create 150 new jobs. McCall Farms announced Wednesday it will spend $35 million to expand its operations in Effingham in Florence County. McCall Farms produces fresh canned vegetables and fruit. The company has 2,000 acres (809 hectares) in Florence County and another…

Woman Accused of Kidnapping, Raising Baby in SC Back in Court

(WOLO) – The woman accused of kidnapping a Florida baby and raising her in South Carolina was back in court Monday (11/13). The courts set a pre-trial hearing for Gloria Williams scheduled for January. Jury selection will begin in February. She’s accused of kidnapping Kamiyah Mobley from a Jacksonville hospital in 1998, when she was just a few hours old….

Annual Christmas Tree Set up on State House Grounds

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina’s official Christmas tree has landed just across the street from the ABC Columbia Studio. The 35-foot-tall White Fir comes from a tree farm up in Swanton, Maryland. The family that owns the farm vacations in the Low Country. The Greer-based team that brings it to the Capital each year does so on their own…