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Inmates with substance abuse issues receiving recovery assistance at Aiken County detention center
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (547+ words) Major Nick Gallam, right foreground, who is the jail administrator for the Aiken County Sheriff's Office, speaks during the Rotary Club of Aiken's meeting May 4 at Newberry Hall. Also pictured are Kristi Bodie, left, substance abuse program coordinator at the…...
Hicks: Crime is down in Charleston, and not just because some of it is now legal
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (846+ words) According to a new report, crime is down across Charleston County, but the average daily population at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center is higher than it's been in a decade. That may sound like a contradiction, but there's actually…...
Fraught relationship and separation led to 2023 fatal shooting in Moncks Corner, prosecution says
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (545+ words) The Berkeley County Courthouse in Moncks Corner is located about 30 miles north of Charleston. MONCKS CORNER " Mere minutes before a jury was set to enter a Berkeley County courtroom May 5 for an expected weeklong trial, a man accused of killing…...
Lexington teen's kidnapping started an extensive search. Now officials say he faked it.
14+ hour, 43+ min ago (482+ words) A Lexington teenager has been charged after he allegedly planned his own kidnapping. A picture Lexington Police was using to search for Gardner, 17, after he was "kidnapped" from his home on Hendrix Street. After an investigation, the department determined the…...
Columbia man charged after alleged "mass casualty" threat. He"s been arrested for threats before.
16+ hour, 8+ min ago (315+ words) The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has charged Grant Edward Olson Jr. , 52, after he allegedly threatened a targeted act of violence via Facebook. COLUMBIA " The State Law Enforcement Division charged Grant Edward Olson Jr. , 52, on May 2 after he allegedly "delivered…...
After 2025 shooting hoax at USC, charges announced against juvenile allegedly responsible
17+ hour, 43+ min ago (548+ words) A police officer walks toward the center of the University of South Carolina campus while a university chef and food service workers sit on the corner of Sumter and Greene Street watching officers congregate on Aug. 24, 2025. An active shooter was…...
2 shot, 1 killed just off busy Columbia thoroughfare. What we know.
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (300+ words) A man has been arrested in reference to a shooting on Saluda River Road. COLUMBIA " The Richland County Sheriff's Department has arrested and charged David Jackson, 21, after a shooting on Saluda River Road resulted in a victim's death. On May…...
Blythewood in year 2 of town events shutdown. Can committee led by 17-year-old help it revive them?
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1689+ words) A couple looks over a pond at Doko Meadows Park in Blythewood on June 26, 2023." BLYTHEWOOD " The growing town northeast of Columbia that's been rocked by crowd chaos at events may have a path forward to resume its annual large gatherings....
Wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sara Lynn Colucci's family against her husband is on
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (673+ words) Michael Colucci leaving court following a mistrial in his first murder trial in December 2018. Judge Roger Young dismissed his murder charge on June 17, 2025, just ahead of a retrial, saying important information was withheld by prosecutors. MONCKS CORNER" A wrongful death…...
Woman pleads guilty to St. Stephen crash that left her child dead
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (555+ words) ST. STEPHEN " Years after a woman slammed her car into a tree with her young child sitting on her lap and open liquor bottles on the floorboards, she pleaded guilty to child endangerment. The felony DUI charge, and a later…...