Caitlin Ashworth

Aug 6, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Caitlin Ashworth

COLUMBIA — A CH-47D Chinook helicopter zoomed overhead, bringing strong gusts that bent trees and sent leaves and dust flying as it hovered above the ground. As it hovered, those in the military helicopter dropped off boxes filled with packages of food known as MREs, which stands for Meals Ready-to-Eat. This wasn’t for troops overseas. This was for potential Army recruits at Fort Jackson in Columbia. A crowd of teenagers and young adults, all planning to enlist, watched as the helicopter flew off.

Aug 6, 2024 | aikenstandard.com | Caitlin Ashworth

COLUMBIA — A CH-47D Chinook helicopter zoomed overhead, bringing strong gusts that bent trees and sent leaves and dust flying as it hovered above the ground. As it hovered, those in the military helicopter dropped off boxes filled with packages of food known as MREs, which stands for Meals Ready-to-Eat. This wasn’t for troops overseas. This was for potential Army recruits at Fort Jackson in Columbia. A crowd of teenagers and young adults, all planning to enlist, watched as the helicopter flew off.

Jul 30, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Caitlin Ashworth

COLUMBIA — Inmates say her body hung for hours in a jail cell in the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. While an officer was away, an inmate used a sheet tied to a broken light fixture to hang herself. Hours later, an officer went to the cell. The 20-year-old inmate was dead. "Up until 10 to 11 p.m. we did not have an officer," one inmate said, adding that the deceased inmate was found hanging during "med pass" on March 2.

Jul 24, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Caitlin Ashworth

COLUMBIA — Three inmates have died within a month at one of South Carolina's most troubled county jails. Two of those inmates died a day apart, on July 22 and 23, both from drug overdoses. The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia was searched by the Richland County Sheriff's Department on July 23 following the two overdoses. The K9 unit was used to sniff out drugs, but none were found.

Jul 24, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Caitlin Ashworth

COLUMBIA — Three inmates have died within a month at one of South Carolina's most troubled county jails. Two of those inmates died a day apart, on July 22 and 23, both from drug overdoses. The Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia was searched by the Richland County Sheriff's Department on July 23 following the two overdoses. The K9 unit was used to sniff out drugs, but none were found.