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Varnville man receives three consecutive life sentences for 2018 triple murder
HAMPTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A 24-year-old Varnville man was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences in prison after being convicted of murdering three people in 2018. Tyrase Akil Collins, who was 17 at the time of the murders, was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Robert Bonds to three...
Town of Yemassee to construct state-of-the-art, $2 million police headquarters
The Town of Yemassee will soon join the Town of Estill in constructing modern, state-of-the-art law enforcement facilities. The new Yemassee police department is being funded primarily by $2 million in state contributions earmarked by the Hampton County Legislative Delegation, said Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander. "This a blessing for...
1 seriously injured after vacuum truck overturns in Colleton Co.
COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating after a vacuum truck overturned and seriously injured a person on I-95 over the weekend. The collision occurred Saturday on I-95 northbound near the 48 mm, just north of the rest area. Officials say a Kenworth vacuum truck suffered a front tire blowout, […]
Deputies searching for missing Colleton County man
WALTERBORO, S.C. (WCSC) - The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be on the lookout for a man missing for a full week. William Jetter, 41, was last seen around midnight on July 14 at his Walterboro home, investigators say. His family reported him missing on...
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