The S.C. Highway Patrol is asking the public to help find the driver of a pickup truck that struck a moped near Paxville on Thursday night and did not stop. The crash happened at about 7:33 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, on S.C. Highway 261 at McLeod Road. Troopers said the truck hit the moped while
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that 36 people have been charged in a multi-state Homeland Security Task Force investigation of a Mexico-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization that has operated in South Carolina since at least 2011. Nine of those charged are illegal aliens, the department said. U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling said the investigation
A driver died at the scene early Monday, Nov. 9, after an SUV overturned on U.S. Highway 15 in Clarendon County, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol. Two passengers in the vehicle were not hurt. The wreck happened at 4:20 a.m. on U.S. 15, also called St. Paul Road, where it meets Gale Road. Troopers
MANNING — The Manning Police Department fired officer Alexander Dukes on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. In 2010, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office dismissed Dukes after nearly 15 years of service. About five months later, the Manning Police Department hired him. His 2026 dismissal followed a State Law Enforcement Division review connected to his son, Antwone
