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Irmo police currently searching for missing 16-year-old boy

IRMO, S.C. — Irmo Police say they are searching for a 16-year-old boy who's been missing since Monday morning. Officers say 16-year-old Xavier Mikola Lynch went missing from the New Friarsgate area on the morning of May 4. Police say he was last seen on surveillance video at a Dollar General on Chapin Road on Tuesday. At the time, he was...
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Richland County man charged after threatening ‘mass casualty’

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Grant Edward Olson Jr., 52, with threatening, or conspiring to threaten, real or personal property on Saturday, May 2. According to arrest warrants, on May 2, Olson Jr. “willfully and knowingly delivered an electronic communication, via Facebook, which contained a threat to...
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Man shot multiple times in Columbia, police say

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia Police say they are investigating a shooting that left one person wounded. Police say they responded to the 2000 block of Worthy Drive Tuesday afternoon, where a man was shot multiple times. Investigators believe the shooting stemmed from a verbal altercation that escalated. Authorities said...
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1 dead after motorcycle crash in Richland County

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Highway Patrol announced Tuesday that one person is dead following a motorcycle crash in Richland County. The driver of a 2018 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was going north on Wilson Boulevard near Killian Road when the driver of a 2013 Nissan Altima, going south on the same road, attempted to turn onto Killian Road, striking the motorcycle in the process...
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103-year-old WWII B-25 tail gunner honored in Lexington

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A World War II veteran who recently turn 103 years old was honored during a ceremony in Lexington over the weekend. Charles Shealy, a Lexington County native and longtime West Columbia resident, was recognized Saturday as a special guest at Flight Deck. Shealy served...
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South Carolina teen charged with staging his own kidnapping

LEXINGTON, S.C. - A Lexington teen has been charged with staging his own kidnapping. Sema’j Corvin Gardner, 17, was initially believed to have been kidnapped on Sunday night from his home on the 900 block of Hendrix Street in Lexington by two unarmed Black males. Troopers reported that 33...
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Motorcyclist dies after early morning crash in Richland County

One person is dead following a crash involving a car and a motorcycle early Tuesday morning, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The collision happened around 6:20 a.m. on Wilson Boulevard near the intersection with Killian Road, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers said a 2013 Nissan Altima...
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One person dead following motorcycle crash in South Carolina

SOUTH CAROLINA — One person is dead following a motorcycle crash in Richland County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Authorities said the crash occurred Tuesday on Wilson Boulevard near Killian Road. A 2018 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling north on Wilson Boulevard when a 2013 Nissan Altima, traveling south, attempted to turn onto Killian […] The post One person dead following motorcycle crash in...
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Woman was jailed after cashing in lottery tickets worth thousands, SC cops say

A woman was recently arrested for cashing in lottery tickets that she stole, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division . On April 8, Mary Elizabeth Devoe was charged with breach of trust and intent to defraud, counterfeit game tickets , SLED said Tuesday in a news release. Then on April 30, the 61-year-old Allendale woman was charged with another count of intent...
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Blythewood Road paving to begin May 7

BLYTHEWOOD – Asphalt paving on Blythewood Road is scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 7, 2026, and is expected to continue for approximately three weeks. Construction will initially focus on paving the new roadway section along the north side of Blythewood Road from I‑77 to the traffic circle. Officials say this work will occur at night, between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6...

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