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After 12 years, North, SC gets a grocery store
NORTH, S.C. — After 12 years, the town of North has welcomed a new grocery store. My R.W. Grocery Store is located in the heart of North, and residents are excited about the affordable prices in town. April Phillips lives in Neeses and says affordable groceries are hard to...
Odor of marijuana from car in driveway leads to bigger South Carolina drug bust, officials say
FLORENCE, S.C. — Deputies alerted to the smell of marijuana coming from a car in a driveway discovered a lot more illegal drugs inside, landing a man in prison, officials said Thursday. (Video above is the Thursday morning headlines for 4/18/24.) U.S. Attorney for South Carolina Adair Ford Boroughs...
1 dead after single-vehicle crash in Orangeburg County
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly single-vehicle Orangeburg County crash that happened on Tuesday. Troopers say the crash happened around 2:02 p.m. on Mims Lake Road at Sapphire Trail, around three miles west of Holly Hill. The driver of a c was the only...
Murder suspect apprehended in Ladson while out on bond for burglary charges: DCSO
LADSON, S.C. (WCIV) — A suspect wanted for murder in Orangeburg County was apprehended in Ladson Wednesday morning. The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) has charged Demetrius Dickerson, 19, of Ridgeville with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. According to the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office...
Seeing white cicadas in SC? Here’s why.
LAURENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Cicadas are beginning to hatch as the U.S. prepares for the “simultaneous explosion” of two broods this spring. Here’s why so many people are seeing unusual-looking white cicadas right now. For the first time since 1803, Brood XIX and XIII cicadas will...
Who are 'God's Misfits'? Oklahoma homicide draws heat to S. Carolina ministry with same name
The investigation into two women killed in the Oklahoma Panhandle has drawn attention to the four suspects' membership in "God's Misfits," an anti-government religious group, police say. But a preacher with a ministry of the same name has been caught up in the case after news spread online of the organization mentioned in...
Dupas gets life sentence for his role in 2021 Wilson Apartments gang murder that left South Carolina man dead
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A man convicted back in February of a Columbus gang murder was sentenced late Thursday afternoon in Muscogee County Superior Court. Davion Dupas was sentenced on murder and gang convictions. Two other members of the Insane Crips criminal street gang — Corey Troupe Jr. and Jeheim Davis — were also sentenced […]
South Carolina State University to break ground on new academic building
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WCIV) — South Carolina State University will break ground Friday morning for a new academic building on campus. Lawmakers of the General Assembly will join university officials at 11 a.m. on Geathers Street near the Engineering & Computer Science Complex. The building will replace Turner Hall, portions...
SC State to make changes to degree programs this fall
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Tuesday, the Board of Trustees at South Carolina State University (SC State) approved three new undergraduate engineering degree programs and Master’s degrees in cybersecurity that will be available for current and future students in Fall 2024. Dr. Frederick Evans, SC State’s provost and Vice...
Penalties await for “Squatted” drivers in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The clock is winding down for South Carolina drivers who operate “squatted” vehicles, and soon they could pay hundreds of dollars in fines and lose driving privileges. The “Carolina Squat” bill signed into law last year makes it illegal to significantly raise the front of a vehicle — most commonly a […]
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