Today’s Forecast
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Archives: August 2020
ESPN: Power 5 talking about no fall football
Several sources have indicated to ESPN that Big Ten presidents, following a meeting on Saturday, are ready to pull the plug on its fall sports season, and they wanted to gauge if commissioners and university presidents and chancellors from the other Power 5 conference.
LCSD: Two Deputies injured in shooting at Lexington County Apt. Complex
LEXINGTON, SC ( WOLO)– Two deputies have been injured after an exchange of gunfire with a man in Woodland Village apartments, say Lexington County Deputies. According to officials, all three people were transported with gunshot wounds Sunday. Deputies say they were responding to a domestic call at a Cottonwood Lane unit. Per policy, SLED is investigating the shooting incident, say…
DHEC: 1,011 New cases of Coronavirus, 18 additional deaths in SC
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Sunday reported 1,011 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 18 additional confirmed deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of confirmed cases to 99,713 and confirmed deaths to 1,949. Confirmed and probable cases: please click here. Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here. DHEC says a total of…
Tax Free Weekend wraps up Sunday
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– It is a big weekend for back to school shoppers. South Carolina’s tax free weekend is underway. The state’s annual Tax Free holiday ends Sunday. On Sunday, certain items will be exempt from the state’s six percent sales tax. You can purchase everything from pencils and pens to backpacks some clothing, even computers. But remember, not everything…
5.1 Magnitude Earthquake in NC shakes parts of SC
SPARTA, NC (WOLO)– Did you feel it? According to the USGS, a 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, North Carolina, occurred on August 9 at 8:07am. ABC Columbia has received several reports from people in the Midlands who say they felt a tremor or rumbling Sunday morning. The USGS says it was a result of oblique-reverse faulting in the upper crust…
DHEC launches ‘Fight the Spread’ campaign for Coronavirus safety
Image: SC DHEC COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– DHEC officials have a message for South Carolinians, encouraging everyone to ‘Fight the Spread.’ According to state health officials, evidence is increasing about the high rates of infection in people who do not have symptoms and don’t know they are infectious. This places everyone at risk of getting the virus or unknowingly transmitting it…
Weekend Forecast
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Dustin Johnson emerges from a pack to lead PGA Championship
Johnson was among eight players who had at least a share of the lead at some point Saturday, a wild third round of low scores, long putts and endless possibilities.
MAC postpones all fall sports, including football; plans on spring season
League presidents met Saturday morning and voted unanimously for the postponement. The MAC is the first FBS conference to opt not to play this fall. Earlier this week, FBS independent UConn became the first FBS program to cancel its season.
