COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina senators have started their 2016 session remembering another colleague who died in office. Several senators gave speeches Tuesday remembering Billy O’Dell. The Republican from Greenwood died of heart problems at his home Thursday. O’Dell desk was draped in black Tuesday, just as the Senate did for Clementa Pinckney, the Democrat from Jasper County who…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Flags atop South Carolina’s Statehouse are flying at half-staff to honor the late Sen. Billy O’Dell. The funeral for the Republican state senator will be Monday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church in Greenwood. Gov. Nikki Haley requested that flags be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown in O’Dell’s memory. The long-time senator died Thursday at…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Long-serving South Carolina State Senator William O’Dell has died. The 77-year-old chairman of the Senate General Committee died Thursday morning. He represented District Four, which covers part of Anderson, Abbeville, and Greenwood Counties. O’Dell, a Citadel graduate, also served on the Banking and Insurance, Finance, Interstate Cooperation and the Labor, Commerce and Industry and committees. The Republican Senator…
