In Brief: 11/4/2016
By Brittany Franceschina | Nov. 4, 2016A pedestrian hit in downtown Columbia has died, a missing woman was found held captive and chained like a dog and a man was arrested in connection with a shooting.
A pedestrian hit in downtown Columbia has died, a missing woman was found held captive and chained like a dog and a man was arrested in connection with a shooting.
Former Gamecock standout Marcus Lattimore coached his Heathwood Hall team to a state championship, a suspicious death investigation has led to murder charges against the victim's son, and the man killed in a Sumter house fire was identified.
A new study indicates that rising sea levels is impacting flooding along the South Carolina coast, a South Carolina native played in the World Series and one person was killed in a fire in Sumter late Friday.
HGTV is bringing their traveling tiny tailgate house to this Saturday's Tennessee vs. South Carolina, repairs to two oceanfront state parks damaged by Hurricane Matthew were slowed down by state legislators, and a person shot outside a Two Notch Road is expected to survive.
The FBI's Uniform Crime Report says Columbia residents are most likely to be victims of burglaries and car thefts, some parents are accusing a Columbia childcare center of physically abusing students and Gov. Nikki Haley expressed her disappointment with the 2016 election.
A Columbia man could face up to life in prison after being found guilty of trafficking three girls in the Lowcountry, Richland County students are losing three vacation days to make up for Hurricane Matthew, and a man was arrested for burglarizing a restaurant after he was found in the establishment's refrigerator.
A man was shot late Monday near the intersection of Washington and Barnwell, a Richland County woman received a bad absentee ballot, and South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison may be in line for a promotion.
An elderly man was stabbed during a Sunday School service in Sumter County, a South Carolina woman was killed while attending a funeral in North Carolina and a Summerville man was sentenced to life in prison for ordering the murder of a witness.
"Walk for Life" raised more than $600,000 for breast cancer awareness, one person was killed in an accident on I-95 Saturday evening and Charleston courts are preparing for the trial of a former police officer accused of killing an African American man.
A former Lexington County teacher was arrested for having sexual relations with a student, one woman was killed in a three car crash on Interstate-20 Friday morning and the man who allegedly used racial slurs against a reporter on the streets of Charleston appeared in court.
The family of an elementary school student killed at a South Carolina elementary school wants armed officers in public schools, more than 80 of roads closed across the state by damage from Hurricane Matthew have reopened and Columbia police made an arrest in connection with a fatal hit-and-run.
No one was injured when a fire broke out on a school bus, good samaritans saved a man from a flipped car on I-20 and the jury is deliberating in the rape case of a USC student.
A man who had been on the run for seven years was found living under a fake name in Lexington County, leaked e-mails show Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin was on a shortlist for Hillary Clinton's vice presidential pick and a South Carolina waitress's unusual tip has gone viral.
Tourists found a giant shark tooth washed ashore by Hurricane Matthew in North Myrtle Beach, an Orangeburg County school is the focus of a new BBC documentary, and a South Carolina teacher is facing assault charges over an incident with a student.
Bond was set for the director of the embattled Richland County Recreation Commission, parts of South Carolina may see more hurricane-related flooding as the Waccamaw River crests and the headquarters of one North Carolina county's chapter of the Republican Party was firebombed.
A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on Barnwell Street, two more South Carolina counties were declared disaster zones in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and Richland County's absentee precincts are opening their doors to voters.
A fifth South Carolinian has died from the effects of Hurricane Matthew, the four killed in a crash on I-77 were identified as students at a SC liberal arts school, and more than 200 guns were stolen from a Horry County dealer.