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Endangered woman missing from Bamberg County
BAMBERG COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) — The Bamberg County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing, endangered person. Investigators say 25-year-old Megan Bodiford was last seen on Thursday, April 25 in Denmark. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a gray t-shirt and Batman pajama pants. She could be a a 2013-2015 dark gray […]
2 killed in fatal car crash in Barnwell County
Barnwell, S.C. (WJBF) – Two people are dead following a crash in Barnwell County early Saturday morning. The incident occurred around 3:10 a.m. on US Highway 78, six miles east of the Town of Blackville. According to Master Trooper William Bennett with South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2010 Ford Crown Victoria was traveling west on […]
T&D: 1 killed, 1 injured in shooting near Santee
SANTEE, S.C. (The Times and Democrat) - On Saturday, Times and Democrat reported a man was killed and another was injured in a shooting just outside of Santee, according to Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Richard Walker. The shooting took place at a gathering on the 800 block of...
‘Keep him in prayers’: Longtime university administrator shot in head after leaving campus
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - A shooting victim in South Carolina drove himself to the hospital after being shot in the head. According to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, Leroy Durant was driving home from a program this week at Claflin University when he was shot. Durant told police...
3-year-old, grandmother who got family out of home die in Orangeburg fire
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - A woman and her 3-year-old grandson, are dead following a fire Saturday morning in Orangeburg. Shona Clark, 46, and her 3-year-old grandson Ky’Mere Shivers died at the hospital on Monday. Battalion Chief Winningham said Clark was a hero, helping ten other family members get out...
1 fired, 1 retired: Documents show changes within S.C. State police
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina State University’s campus police chief and another high-ranking officer are no longer employed by the university. S.C. State spokesperson Sam Watson said S.C. State Police Chief Timothy Taylor and Captain Jeblonski Green are no longer employed at the university. According to the South...
SC State holds press conference to introduce gun-sniffing dog
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina State University introduced a gun-sniffing dog as the newest member of their campus police team. This is one of many steps the university has taken in the last year to reduce crime on campus. Priss, a one-year-old female Labrador Retriever is now part of...
Volunteers band together for Bamberg Street cleanup
BAMBERG, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A group of local volunteers got together ahead of Earth Day to clean up Bamberg Street. The team contributed 46 volunteer hours, collecting 24 bags of trash, totaling 360 pounds. The collected waste included various items, such as boards, construction siding and even a weed trimmer.
Orangeburg Pecan Company might be replaced by multi-family housing
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — 761 Russell Street is currently home to the Orangeburg Pecan Company, but there is a proposed housing development that might be moving in. On Thursday, a Georgia-based development company proposed that the Orangeburg City Planning Commission rezone the property to be able to build a multi-family housing complex.
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