Video depicts officer dragging student from chair at Spring Valley High School
A video of an incident between a student and a resource officer at Spring Valley High School has been circulating online Monday afternoon, WLTX reported. The video shows the resource officer pulling a female student out of her desk and dragging her on the ground for several feet. The officer tells the girl to put her hands behind her back just before the video ends. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lottsaid the resource officer was called in after the student was disruptive and refused to leave at the requests of the teacher and an administrator. Lott said the student was put under arrest. The resource officer has been placed on administrative duty. Richland School District Two said they are investigating the incident in coordination with the sheriff’s department.
Local teenager killed in hunting accident
Eighteen-year-old Kendall Lesher Williams of Newberry County was killed in a hunting accident on Sunday around 7 p.m., WIS reported. Williams was a senior at Mid-Carolina High School. Principal Ray Cooper described him as an “outstanding young man.” Coroner Craig Newton said Williams died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Trump leads in South Carolina GOP poll
According to a CBS/YouGov poll, Donald Trump has 40 percent of GOP primary voters in South Carolina for the presidential primary in February, The State reported. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson followed with 23 percent. Trump has a strong lead over Carson in New Hampshire, at 38 percent — 26 percentage points higher than the Carson. The candidates are tied in Iowa, each at 27 percent. In national polls, Trump and Carson hold first and second place, respectively.
— Compiled by Emily Barber, Assistant News Editor