CRIME & SAFETY
No arrests, suspects after 2 killed in Orangeburg County
CORDOVA, S.C. (WIS) - Two people were shot and killed at a home in Orangeburg County on Monday, according to the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office. As of Wednesday evening, the sheriff’s office did not have any suspects and had not made any arrests. Deputies responded at around 7...
Report: Video surveillance reveals 15-year-old girl shot man in Gaston
GASTON, S.C. (WIS) - A 15-year-old teenage girl was charged in connection with a shooting in Gaston, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department (LCSD). According to an incident report, LCSD responded to the Gaston area of Lexington County Friday night shortly after 9 p.m. when a caller told them someone had been shot.
Victims killed in South Carolina head-on crash identified as Army National Guard soldiers
Two 19-year-olds killed in a crash in South Carolina have been identified as Army National Guard soldiers. The crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. March 16 on S.C. Highway 9, or Jonesville Lockhart Highway. The coroner identified the victims as Kristal Lopez, 19, and Carol Santiago, 19, both of Lancaster.
Pool stick assault at SC bar lands man in prison, solicitor says
LEXINGTON, S.C. — A South Carolina man is headed to prison after assaulting another man with a pool stick at a Columbia-area bar, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor's Office. (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF News 4) Gary Alexander Maner, 33, pled guilty on March 22 to assault...
Missing in South Carolina: Investigators say teen was talking to adult male before she disappeared
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Above video: Your Tuesday headlines. Authorities in South Carolina need your help finding a missing teenage girl. Zaniyah Bowman, 16, was last seen Sunday on Saluda River Road in Columbia. She was wearing a red sweat shirt, black pajama bottoms and her hair was in a ponytail.
South Carolina offers assistance to Baltimore after cargo ship causes bridge collapse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Governor Henry McMaster said Tuesday the state stands ready to assist Maryland after a cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse. Authorities said a container ship rammed into one of the bridge’s supports, causing the structure to collapse in a matter of seconds and sending […]
South Carolina man wanted for fatally shooting woman in the head captured more than 600 miles away
A man wanted for the fatal shooting of a woman in South Carolina has been arrested in New York. On February 3, deputies say they found Caroline Marie Hall, 30, dead while doing a welfare check on Triple Crown Way in Spartanburg. Investigators on the scene said they were able...
SC Highway Patrol trooper suspended after March 16 arrest
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – A sergeant with the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) has been suspended from the agency following his arrest earlier this month. James F. Sweatman was arrested by the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) on March 16, according to officials from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Details about his […]
Lancaster man to spend 30 years in prison for drug trafficking South Carolina
LANCASTER, S.C. — A Lancaster man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to numerous gun and drug charges for a drug trafficking operation in South Carolina, prosecutors announced. Shannon Layne Myers was sentenced to 30 years for convictions of conspiracy to distribute meth and...
South Carolina court clerk accused of tampering with Alex Murdaugh jury resigns post
Becky Hill, a South Carolina court clerk accused of tampering with the jury in the high-profile murder trial of ex-attorney Alex Murdaugh, resigned her post in Colleton County on Monday.
South Carolina man accused of setting fires inside 2 Walmart stores, Columbia officers say
A South Carolina man is facing charges after authorities say he set fires inside two separate Walmart stores. Hunter Laycock, 22, is charged with second-degree arson, Columbia police said. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. Police said just before 11 p.m. on Monday officers were called...
Tim Taylor, man wrongfully accused in Brittanee Drexel case, sues DOJ over harm caused
CHARLESTON (WCIV) — Timothy Da'Shaun Taylor, a South Carolina man wrongfully pursued as a suspect in the murder and abduction of Brittanee Drexel, has sued the U.S. Department of Justice over "investigative missteps" and "false narratives" advanced by the FBI during its yearslong effort to compel his confession to a crime he did not commit.
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