Author: ABC Columbia Staff

North Charleston Boeing workers vote to unionize

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO) – There is now a union presence at Boeing’s North Charleston plant. In a rare victory for organized labor in the south, 104 of 169 flight line workers voted to join the International Association of Machinists. Boeing says it believes the so-called micro-unit is illegal and will appeal. A plant wide union vote failed in in…

Finlay Park Summer Movie Series Returns

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s been a summer staple for family fun for several years now, and it’s back! We’re talking about Columbia’s Finlay Park Summer Movie Series. This year you can grab the family and a few lawn chairs and enjoy watching a summer line up of flicks every other Friday for 2 months. This year City officials say…

Sears to close more than 70 stores nationwide

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Sears and K-Mart stores announced today that more than 70 stores will be closing soon. Sears and K-Mart have a total of 35 hundred stores in the US between the two of them after merging in 2005, but the company has closed more than 400 stores in the past year. Sears’ last profitable year was 2010,…

Sheriff: Baby found dead may have died from natural causes

CHESTERFIELD, SC (WOLO) – Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks says a baby found dead Tuesday may have died from natural causes. 11-month-old Harlee Lewis was found in a diaper box in a field behind her home by deputies, after her mother allegedly called 9-1-1 claiming a kidnapping and attack while checking the mail. Brooks says the child’s mother, Breanna Lewis,…