Author: ABC Columbia Staff

USC students gear up for weekend graduation ceremonies

Columbia, SC (WOLO) –Hundreds of students here in Columbia are getting ready to walk across the stage for the University of South Carolina this weekend. As students receive their diplomas, downtown is expected to be packed with proud parents and a lot of traffic as people try to get to and from their ceremony destinations. Friday’s ceremonies take place at…

Columbia Fire Department unveils new service engine

(photo: CFD) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Fire Department spends countless hours putting out fires that flare up in the Columbia/Richland County community, and Thursday they heated things up with the unveiling of their new piece of equipment. (photo: CFD) Members of the Department gathered for the “Push In” ceremony where they gathered around new engine 9 to push…

PRISMA Children’s Health gets largest donation to date

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —The largest gift ever to PRISMA Health’s Children’s Hospital was presented Thursday May 9th, 2019. The organization Curing Kids Cancer handed over a check for 170 thousand dollars for the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. The money donated Thursday will support Curing Kids Cancer’s 1.2 million dollar endowment at PRISMA Health Midlands Foundation. Categories: Health,…