Leesville, SC (WOLO) — A local distillery is using its facility to fill a need in the fight against the coronavirus. Craig and Merideth Amick of Hollow Creek Distillery in Leesville were contacted by the state and asked if they could make hand sanitizer. The couple more than answered the call, they say they 14 hour days for two weeks…
Image: Columbia Police Department Columbia,SC (WOLO)— You may not be able to enter the Columbia Police Department headquarters, but believe the men and women in blue are still there and working to keep you safe. In a social media post, the department sent a reminder to members of the public that until further notice their downtown facilty located at 1…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — South Carolina inmates are doing their part to stop the spread of the coronavirus. According to the Department of Corrections offenders at Leath and Camille Graham Correctional institutions are making more than one thousand masks a day. Each of those masks being sewn by hand, once completed will be distributed throughout the Department of Corrections (DOC)…
Fort Jackson, SC (WOLO) — Fort Jackson is seeing a rise of coronavirus cases on their post and to stop the spread that was at last check reported at 25 cases forcing officials to declare it a ‘public health emergency’. Under the new policy, Fort Jackson will limit access to the post after an outbreak of the disease starting next…
S.C. Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says the Federal Relief Bill passed in Washington offers critical aid to the agriculture industry.
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) — As most schools and workplaces operate on a stay at home basis, one local university is giving its students the necessary tools to keep up during the pandemic. Allen University provided 700 tablets and keyboards to students as it transitions to online instruction for the remainder of the semester. The 200-thousand dollar project was made possible…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Midlands Technical College is doing its part to ensure area hospitals and medical facilities have the supplies they need. In the past week, the college says its health care program has donated 29,500 gloves, 5000 thermometer covers, 1150 surgical masks, more than 30 pairs of goggles, five disposable gowns, two 32 ounce bags of hand sanitizer…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The Powerball® Product Group says they want to make sure that the game is able to support good causes in the 48 U.S. locations, many under ‘Shelter in Place Orders’ that has the game. As the COVID-19 global pandemic continues to grow day by day, lottery officials say they are following other businesses lead to make some…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — as the numbers of cases and deaths continue to grow in South Carolina local and state leaders are asking Governor Henry McMaster to make more changes. ABC Columbia’s Alexis Frazier spoke with the Mayor of Columbia, Steve Benjamin who says the order would save lives. Categories: Local News, Politics, State
Fort Jackson, SC (WOLO) — Fort Jackson announces a spike in the amount of cases from 2 just last week to 25 confirmed cases on post Monday March 30th, 2020. Brigadier General Milford Beagle, Jr., now declaring a ‘Public Health Emergency’ saying in a statement released Monday saying in part, “In order to ensure I possess the necessary authorities required…
