COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) – This month’s Jefferson Award winner is leading the movement to help give back to the police community. Kassy Alia’s husband, Greg, was killed in the line of duty in Sept. of 2015. Since then Alia created the Serve and Protect organization and helps not only give…
By Amanda Shaw and Sarah Danik Mar 19, 2016 GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Kassy Alia understands all too well the pain of losing a spouse in law enforcement. Her husband, Greg Alia, was a Forest Acres police officer fatally shot inside Richland Mall in September 2015. Alia, 32, served on the…
By Raven Bouie, Sierra Hancock, and Amanda Shaw Oct 24, 2017 GREENVILLE, SC (AP) – An Upstate man was ticketed in connection with a collision that killed an SC Highway Patrol trooper in October after investigators say he fell asleep just prior to the accident. Sergeant Jimmy Bolt said the…
December 22, 2017 Allen Wallace An unmarked black SUV arrived suddenly at Park North Apartments in Lexington Thursday evening, with its siren wailing and lights flashing. It was greeted by excited children laughing and shouting, knowing that it was bringing Santa Claus. A similar scene played out in the Latimer…
BY CATHERINE MUCCIGROSSO cmuccigrosso@heraldonline.com January 16, 2018 YORK COUNTY York County residents or others wanting to help after four law enforcement officers were shot in York County can make donations to a Go Fund Me page or a South State Bank account. Four York County police officers were shot in a gunfight during…