Author: ABC Columbia Staff

One Columbia street shuts down to traffic for walking, biking and playing

Apr 19, 2019 12:00 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

(photo: Open Streets Columbia) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — This weekend you can park your car and play in the middle of the street, or do any other activity your heart desires. It’s all part of Open Streets Columbia on Main Street, the third year the City of Columbia’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee in conjunction with Soda City, will shut…

Tornado Watch for the Midlands, severe storms expected Friday

Primary Threats: Damaging winds in excess of 70 miles an hour, possible tornadoes

Apr 19, 2019 10:31 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolina is under significant threat for severe thunderstorms during the daytime hours Friday. The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a Tornado Watch for the entire ABC Columbia viewing area until 6 p.m. A well-developed upper-level trough, which is allowing for a strong combination of unstable warm air from the south to collide with…

House Judiciary Committee issues subpoena for full Mueller report

Apr 19, 2019 10:20 AM EDT

Associated Press, ABC Columbia Staff,

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has issued a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and the underlying materials.

Biden expected to launch presidential campaign next week

Apr 19, 2019 9:21 AM EDT

Associated Press, ABC Columbia Staff,

Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce he’s running for President of the United States next week.

Detectives searching for brothers involved in multiple shopliftings at Walmart in Lexington

Apr 18, 2019 10:53 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

The Lexington Police Department is asking the community for assistance in obtaining the whereabouts of two brothers involved in multiple shoplifting incidents.

RCSD searching for suspects involved in a shots fired call on Grays Inn Road

Apr 18, 2019 8:47 PM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shots fired call on Grays Inn Road. Deputies responded to Grays Inn Road around 4:15 p.m., where they found a man injured with a cut to the face. The man was rushed to the hospital.