Author: ABC Columbia Staff

Change your smoke detectors as you spring forward this weekend

Area Fire Department say Daylight Saving time is also a time to remember more than those clocks

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —  Daylight Saving is this weekend and while many people are focus on changing their clocks as we all get ready to adjust to one less hour and more daylight. Fire officials however say that’s not all we need to keep in mind. This also the time of the year they ask people to also change the…

Processing of latest stimulus payments have already begun

WASHINGTON (AP) – Along with daylight saving time, this weekend could bring Americans fatter bank balances. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service say processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun. The aim is to have the first payments start showing up by direct deposit in bank accounts this weekend. President Joe Biden signed the…

RCSD: One dead, four injured in shooting at Midlands Motorcycle Business

Authorities say they first responded to the scene of the shooting around 4 Thursday evening

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says they are investigating a shooting outside a Midlands business, that led to one fatality and multiple injuries. Deputies say it happened at Capital City Cycles, located at 7810 Two Notch Road. Deputies say they were called to the scene around 4 p.m. Thursday. Once on the scene, officials say they found…

Prisma Health offers Daylight Saving time tips

Here are some ways to 'Spring forward' effortlessly in 2021

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s that time of the year again. We are getting ready to enjoy an extra hour of daylight. What may not be as enjoyable to some is the loss of an hour that we trade that additional sunshine for. Prisma health says they know making the transition can be a challenge and they are offering some…

Orangeburg deputies arrest man accused of ‘brutal attack’

The suspect is accused of using a rock to hit a woman in the head, push her to the ground

Image: OCSO Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) — After searching for weeks, Orangeburg Sheriff’s have located and arrested 20 year old Tanarious Dash . Officials say he is accused of Domestic Violence of a High and Aggravated Nature after deputies say he struck the mother of his child in the head with a rock after chasing her. Authorities say on February 16…

Wildlife officials urge temporary removal of bird feeders

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is urging residents who own bird feeders to remove them until next month, pointing to a rise in bird deaths that could be caused by dirty feeders. Wildlife officials announced on Monday that residents should take down their feeders until early April. A statement from the department says experts…