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South Carolina basketball star Ashlyn Watkins charged with assault and kidnapping
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina women's basketball star has been arrested and charged following an alleged assault that happened on Saturday morning. According to warrants filed by USC Police in the arrest of Ashlyn Watkins, the incident occurred at 650 Lincoln Street, a student housing center at the University of South Carolina. There, warrants state that Watkins assaulted the victim by "forcefully grabbing her face, pulling her by her arms, and pushing her."
South Carolina drug investigation seizes enough fentanyl to kill millions, FBI says
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A multi-agency drug investigation in Lexington and Richland counties led to multiple arrests and enough fentanyl to kill millions of people, the FBI announced earlier in the week. According to Special Agent in Charge Steve Jensen with the FBI's Columbia field office, agencies at the local,...
Crash shuts down Interstate 77 near Ridgeway
RIDGEWAY, S.C. (WIS) - A crash has shutdown all lanes of Interstate 77 North near Ridgeway and Winnsboro. According to traffic sensors with the South Carolina Department of Transportation, the crash happened at mile marker 36, near Exit 34. Traffic sensors showed traffic on the Interstate was backed up before...
Two brothers convicted of murder after two men were found dead in the road
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. — The Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson announced a judge sentenced two brothers to prison for a double murder. (Video above: WYFF News 4 Morning Headlines) According to court records, 19-year-old Kalik Conn, of the Longs area, and 20-year-old Jeremiah Dicker, of Columbia, South Carolina, were...
Shooting captured on a recorded phone call, Lexington County man convicted of Murder and sentenced to 48 years in prison
Lexington, SC 08/30/2024 (Paul Kirby) – A 23-year-old man West Columbia man has been convicted of murder and sentenced to 48 years in prison after being convicted by a Lexington County jury. The jury found that Cleveland Stone, Jr. murdered Michael Funny, age 66, on August 25, 2022, on Glenn Road in the Dixiana area of Lexington County. The trial began on Monday, August 19, 2024, and concluded on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The jury deliberated for approximately two hours before returning their verdict. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the trial and imposed the sentence.
SC Court of Appeals upholds Nathaniel Rowland’s convictions for murder and kidnapping
The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of Nathaniel D. Rowland for the murder and kidnapping of University of South Carolina senior Samantha Josephson, a case that garnered widespread attention for its chilling details. On August 21, 2024, the Court of Appeals affirmed Rowland’s convictions on charges...
Man sentenced to life for murder of Benedict College student
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a Benedict College student after a jury convicted him on the second attempt by prosecutors to get a guilty verdict. Judge Heath Taylor sentenced Tyler Givens to life in prison late Friday afternoon...
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