Author: ABC Columbia Staff

DHEC setting up medical needs shelters in-case of severe weather evacuations

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – DHEC is planning for severe weather outages and how it may impact medical patients. The state agency is working with in-patient hospice facilities that are willing to serve as medical needs shelters in the case of a weather emergency or other disaster. If there are evacuations these facilities would temporarily house those with medical conditions that…

Columbia Police search for person of interest in motel death

The incident was initially reported tp CPD on May 20, 2021 at the Super 8 Motel

Image: CPD Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The Columbia Police Department continue to investigate what happened that led to the discovery of a body at a Fairfield Road Super 8 Motel Sunday night. Now they are  hoping you can help them identify a person of interest. Thursday Columbia officials released images of a woman they say they would like to speak with….

Sheriff Leon Lott wants community help to stop rise in gun violence

Sheriff Lott says 14 people have been killed by gun violence, up from this same time last year, shootings have doubled

Richland County, SC (WOLO) — Three teens lives are forever altered after a deadly shooting in Richland County. Wednesday Sheriff Leon Lott is calling the growing number of young people involved gun violence a ‘community crisis.’ that he wants people to be outraged enough with to help stop it. Sheriff Lott made those statements during a press conference where he…

A Kershaw County mother is accused of shooting her daughter

The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate what led to the incident

Kershaw County, SC (WOLO) — The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigation a shooting they say took place Wednesday night in Camden after deputies say they believe a 33 year old woman forced her way into her mother’s Saint Mathews Road home. Deputies say the mother then fired at least one shot striking her daughter in the neck. Officials say…

USGS confirms 2.6 magnitude earthquake near Lake Murray

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake shook at 6:53 Monday night

Image: SCEMD Columbia, SC (WOLO) — After numerous calls to the ABC Columbia newsroom Monday evening,  those of you who felt the earth shake beneath you were not imagining things. According the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD), the United States Geological Survey confirms that a 2.56 magnitude earthquake shook just before 7pm Monday night (6:53pm). The division says they…