Author: ABC Columbia Staff

The company that makes White Claw is building a huge brewery in Columbia

(WOLO) – A major economic announcement was made Tuesday about a new brewery coming to Richland County. The company that makes White Claw Hard Seltzer will build a $400 million facility in Columbia. Mark Anthony Brewing will begin construction almost immediately on the one-million square foot brewery and production facility that will also create 300 new jobs. It will be…

West Columbia man sentenced to 35 years for Riversbend murder

Eleventh Circuit Solicitor's Office convicted 28 year old Jamal Coburn for the 2018 murder of 29 year old Corey Jamison

Image: 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Lexington, SC (WOLO) — 28 year old Jamal Coburn will spend the next 35 years in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of another man during the summer of 2018. A week long trial ended Monday night with a jury coming to their decision to sentence Coburn to more than 3 decades…

Dominion Energy hears customers thoughts on proposed rate hike

Dominion Energy requested the increase earlier this year

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — public hearings are underway this week after Dominion Energy requests to raise customers’ power bills by 7 point 7 percent. Monday the South Carolina Public Service Commission held its first of three virtual hearings allowing allow customers to tell regulators how the proposed rate increases will affect them. Dominion requested the rate hike earlier this year….

Richland County Council continues series of mask giveaways

The next free event will take place Friday November 6, 2020

Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — Richland County Council continues their series of mask giveaways in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Friday November 6, Councilwoman Chakisse Newton is holding two mask giveaways in Lower Richland. This has been an ongoing effort by the county after getting 67,000 masks that are being given away to residents who my need…

Craftsmen’s Christmas Classic cancelled until 2021

The 45th year for this holiday event has been cancelled due to the pandemic

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Like many of the events that people have been waiting for in 2020, the annual Craftsmen’s Christmas Classic Art & Craft Festival is joining the list of events that have been forced to cancel because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say they would prefer to forgo the long standing event that was initially set to…