Author: ABC Columbia Staff

Statewide Adoption Day brings awareness of the need in SC

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The SC Department of Social Services recognizes November as National Adoption Month and November 25th is proclaimed by Governor McMaster as Statewide Adoption Day in SC. Nearly eighty (80) children are scheduled to be adopted by 60 families and in family courts in Anderson, Charleston, Horry, and Sumter Counties. For more information about what the SC Department of…

Riverbanks Zoo annual ‘Lights before Christmas’ starts this weekend

Columbia, SC (WOLO) –Go a little wild this holiday season. Riverbanks zoo’s ‘Lights Before Christmas’ is here once again. The annual display starts this weekend and will runs through December 30th where you and the family can get in the holiday spirit. The zoo features nearly one million twinkling lights, visits with good ole Saint Nick, hot cocoa, and of…

40th Annual ‘Thanksgiving Souper’ brings deeper meaning to the season of giving

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Thanksgiving festivities are already underway here in the Midlands. Thursday night the 40th annual ‘Thanksgiving Souper’ was held bringing members of the community out to help benefit the Women’s Shelter of Columbia. Organizers say the event is held the Thursday before Thanksgiving each year to bring a deeper meaning to the season of giving. Proceeds from…

Two more suspects arrested in connection to Winter Park Drive deadly shooting

Image: Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. Richland Co, SC (WOLO) —  Two additional suspects are in custody charged in a recent deadly shooting. Richland County deputies say Trayvon Newhouse and Lamar Latimer are both charged with the murder of Michael Bates. Bates was found shot and killed inside his car on Winter Park Drive on Monday night. Two other suspects were…

1 killed, 2 others injured in Lexington crash

Lexington, SC (WOLO) —  The Lexington County Coroner,  Margaret Fisher has identified one of the victims killed during an afternoon collision Thursday. Fisher says, 66 year old Donna Lesperance was killed when her car was struck by another vehicle around 12:30PM at the intersection of Fox Branch, Smith Pond and Rawl Roads near Lexington. According to Coroner Fisher, Ms. Lesperance…