The South Carolina Highway Patrol says an unknown vehicle was traveling north on US-321 toward Crane Church Rd around 2:30 a.m. and killed a pedestrian. According to officials, the suspect left the scene.
A student of Gilbert High School has been charged after making threats Thursday about wearing a trench coat and “shooting up” other elementary schools and middle schools in Lexington County, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.
The student with the knife was charged with having a weapon on school grounds, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, and the other student was charged with larceny after refusing to hand over the money.
A woman accused of lewd conduct and other inappropriate behavior while working as a substitute teacher at Myrtle Beach High School has been released from jail on bond.
According to the Columbia Police Department, a 17-year-old male allegedly shot multiple rounds at two teens inside a car at Manor Apartments on Lorick Circle.
A man the Sumter County Sheriff’s Department says has a history of abusing women was charged for three separate incidents over the weekend, according to officials.
A South Carolina mother is behind bars and charged with fatally shooting her 6-year-old shortly after returning home from deer hunting on Thanksgiving Day, according to an incident report.
So far this year, 64 people have reported that someone had filed their taxes for them, making tax fraud the top reported way that consumers had their identities stolen in the state, according to the SC Dept. of Consumer Affairs.
As family members of people laid to rest at Celestial Memorial Gardens in West Columbia visit the cemetery, some have noticed items stolen from grave sites.
According to South Carolina Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, S.R. Hubbard III, Shantrez Alejandro Robertson, 26, and Donovan Tirrell Brannon, 33, were each convicted of one count of murder and one count of attempted murder for the shooting death of William Tyrone Gantt, and for injuring another victim.
When the suspects entered the store, deputies say the two men walked behind the desk, and one held his hand over the clerk’s mouth. Investigators say the other man stole cash from the register and the clerk’s purse. The men then exited on foot by the back door, according to deputies.
Three SC communities will be received part of a Justice Department multi-million-dollar grant for state law enforcement hiring and advancing community policing.
Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh want a judge to stop a lawyer suing him from publicly speaking about the massive legal entanglement Murdaugh finds himself in and recommend a panel that disciplines attorneys look into the matter.
