COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A massive blaze at a Casket Company in Sumter put area firefighters on alert and blocked traffic. It happened off Magnolia street in Sumter. According to officials, firefighters were able to get the fire under control at 6pm Monday. But it was anticipated to take several more hours to extinguish it. At one point the Lafayette Street…
David S. Stukes (SLRDC) SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – A 32-year-old Sumter man is facing charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old in Pinewood on Wednesday. Authorities say, David S. Stukes was charged with second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. According to the report, the juvenile was visiting cousins at a home in Pinewood when Stukes came into the room and began arguing with…
Khrista Talbott (SCSO) SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Sumter Police began an investigation after receiving a report that a woman had been sexually assaulted at a residence in the 4100 block of Pond Loop Road on April 9. 18-year-old Khrista Talbott told officers she had been raped, investigators say the incident did not happen. She was arrested on April 12 and has been charged with…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — A Florence man faces charges after officers say he stole swan eggs. Sumter Police say visitors at Swan Lake Iris Gardens notified park rangers late Sunday afternoon after seeing a man enter an enclosed area at the park and remove a small number of Swan eggs from a nest. A park ranger called police. When officers…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Officials with the Sumter Police Department say they are seeing a spike in car breaks-ins and are encouraging citizens to remain vigilant. The most recent targeted break-ins were reported in the Foxcroft, Deerfield and The Cove areas of the city, officials say. In most cases, the vehicles were unlocked. “It’s not unusual to have a spike…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Officials with the Sumter County School District say a student was hit by a school bus while riding his bike to school Wednesday morning. Shelly Galloway, the district’s Public Information Officer said in a statement that the fourth grade student was injured as a school bus driver was exiting the bus loop at High Hills Elementary School….
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO)– A group of students with disabilities was stuck on a broken down school bus for hours. A spokesperson for the Sumter County School District says the bus broke down Monday near the intersection of Highway 378 and St. Paul Church Road. A district official says the route’s normal drivers were out sick and the substitute driver did…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Sumter Police are looking for a man following a shooting in a gas station parking lot. 22-year-old Trey Lorenzo Moore is wanted for attempted murder after a couple in a vehicle were approached and robbed at about 3:19 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of Fredrick’s Citgo, on South Guignard Drive. The male victim was shot…
