Author: ABC Columbia Staff

More than 40,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E-Coli concerns

WASHINGTON–Check your freezer. The U-S Department of Agriculture says about 40-thousand pounds of ground beef are being recalled due to E-coli concerns. PER THE USDA: Lakeside Refrigerated Services, a Swedesboro, N.J. establishment, is recalling approximately 42,922 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced…

Million Man March held in Columbia

More than a thousand people show up for a peaceful protest in downtown Columbia Sunday

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — A peaceful protest was held in downtown Columbia Sunday. More than a thousand people hit the pavement, some with signs, others in t-shirts with their calls for a change to systemic racism during the Million Man March. The group began walking from the Martin Luther King Park to the South Carolina statehouse to demand police reform…

Nearly 800 new COVID-19 cases, 1 death announced Sunday

Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in SC with 799 new cases, 1 death in 24 hours

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Sunday The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)  announced  799 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and 1 more death in South Carolina. This brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 18,795 and thome number of South Carolinians who have lost died due to the…

DHEC announces 770 new cases, 6 deaths due to COVID-19

As of Saturday June 13, more than 17,955 confirmed cases reported statewide

Columbia,SC (WOLO)—-  As of Saturday June 13, ( 3:30pm) the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), released the most recent cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. According to health officials, there have been 770 new reported cases of the virus. This brings the statewide total number of cases here in South Carolina to 17,955, with 6 additional…

Columbia Kroger manager fired after being accused of calling an employee a racial slur

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A grocery store manager in northeast Richland County has been fired for using a racial slur. People gathered outside the Kroger on Killian Road Friday night demanding action from the company. ABC Columbia confirmed with the victim’s mother that a store manager called a her son the “N” word. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department reported things…