A 3 year old is dead following an accident Sunday night. According to the Highway Patrol Frank Brown of Ridgeway was driving on Cook Road six miles east of Winnsboro when his car hit a tree bursting into flames. The Fairfield County Coroner says the driver's son Frank Brown Junior died at the scene. The coroner says another child was ejected from the vehicle and is being treated at Palmetto Health Richland. The driver is in...
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Deputies in Lexington are investigating a fatal stabbing. Lexington County Sheriff James Metts says Willie Adams was stabbed in the abdomen with a butcher knife at a home on Pine St. in West Columbia just before 3:30 Sunday morning. If you have any information on this attack you're asked to call Crimestoppers or the Lexington County Sheriff's Department....
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(AP) _ The South Carolina Natural ResourcesDepartment has closed a public boat ramp in Kershaw County becauseof flooding on the Wateree River. The launch is located where U.S. Highway 1 crosses the river. Natural Resources Capt. William Poole says standing water isblocking access to the parking area and the boat launch downstreamfrom the dam that creates Lake Wateree. Agency climatologist Mark Malsick says a series of heavy rainsgoing back to the third week in January...
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Candidates for Mayor of Columbia will take to the stage tonight for the next in a series of debates. If you'd like to attend, the candidates will debate tonight at seven at the Columbia Museum of Art at 1515 Main St. The election takes place April 6th....
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ Freestyle Music Park is closing itsbusiness offices and laying off about 30 employees as executiveswork to get new investors into the amusement park. Park general manager Steve Baker told The Sun News of MyrtleBeach for a story Saturday that it was taking longer than expectedto reach a deal between the park's current investors in Russia andthe potential new investors. Park managers hope to reopen in thespring. Many businesses, entertainers and...
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RMO, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina authorities say a 15-year-oldgirl walking by a mall near Columbia has been struck and killed byan SUV. Troopers told multiple media outlets that the girl was hit by a1998 Toyota SUV around 7:30 p.m. Friday on a road that runs byColumbiana Mall. The coroner's office says Mary C. Miller died at the scene. Troopers continue to investigate the wreck, and no charges havebeen filed against the 52-year-old driver of...
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LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) _ The Lexington County coroner says a65-year-old inmate at a South Carolina jail committed suicide in afall. Coroner Harry Harman says James Shealy died from head injuriesafter falling at the Lexington County jail Friday morning. Authorities say Shealy had been in the jail since he was chargedwith murder in July in the shooting death of his 60-year-old wife,Brenda, in their Gaston home after an argument over money. The State Law Enforcement Division...
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Many of you watched our ABC News Exclusive where Jenny Sanford opens up about why she did not stand by her man. In the 20/20 Special Jenny Sanford sat down with Barbara Walters for the revealing interview, on the same day her new book "Staying True" was released. ABC Columbia's Robin Kanady speaks exclusively with Barbara Walters about the first lady's time in the spotlight.
To see the video, click on the player under the news...
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