Image: CNN (CNN) — Some good news for shoppers, grocery prices are going back down. The government says meat prices like beef roasts, steaks, beef and veal went down at least eight-point-two percent nationwide. Hotdogs, however, jumped in price due to their high demand. Major meat processors closed their plants in the spring because workers got sick with coronavirus or…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Lexington Medical Center is now offering free drive-through 19 testing five days a week. The screenings take place Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m The address is 139 Summerplace Drive in West Columbia. You do not need to have an appointment or any symptoms in order to be tested. Officials say results should…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Calvin ‘Chip’ Jackson is being remembered by family and friends as a man who spent his life giving back to others. 65 year old Jackson passed away Friday August 7th, 2020. Funeral arrangements have been set to take place Thursday, August 12 at 12p.m. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, those who would like to bid…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – A man suspected of shooting someone in a grocery store parking lot in Swansea Tuesday has been arrested. Akeem Kantrell Mack (LCSD) Lexington County deputies arrested Akeem Kantrell Mack, 34, on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. According to LCSD, Mack got into an argument with another man in…
ABC NEWS– Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris deliver first remarks together Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware. Here is a clip from Biden’s speech. Here is a clip as Kamala Harris takes to the podium. Stay with ABC Columbia for more on this developing story. Categories: National News Tags: Biden Harris
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Benedict College has named its first female campus minister. Tuesday the college announced Reverend Doctor Lillie A. Burgess to the position. Burgess is the first woman to serve as campus minister in the school’s 150 year history. Benedict College President and CEO, Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis released a brief statement welcoming Burgess to the Tiger family saying,…
Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis tweeted out her childhood home on a former slave plantation in St. Matthews Tuesday.
Image: Sumter Police Department Sumter, SC (WOLO) — The Sumter Police are asking for you help locating a man who has been missing for 2 weeks. Officials say 30 year old Lorenzo Jones of Stratton Court has not been seen since July 28, 2020. Family members say Jones does not have any known medical conditions, but say for him to…
ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO) – Two people were seriously injured after a shooting and standoff inside a home in Orangeburg near Interstate 26 Monday. Jamal Brown (OCSO) Jamal Brown, 29, faces three counts of attempted murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime. Around 8:15 a.m. OCSO investigators were notified by a caller saying someone in…
Image: Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center Richland Co.,SC (WOLO)— The Richland County Sheriff’s department has arrested two men accused of attempting to rob the Waffle House in the 2-thousand block of Broad River Road. According to authorities, say the two men, 19 year old Jamal Ford and 22 year old Kenji Yates were Tuesday both facing weapons, and attempted armed…
