Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Officials with the City of Columbia water department say they have received several complaints about an earthy taste in the drinking water in downtown. Officials say it is the result of elevated algae levels in the water and is harmless. A spokesman for the city says the water department is using activated carbon to reduce the taste…
Leon BrunsonImage: Lexington County Detention Center Cayce, S.C (WOLO)–Police with the Cayce Dept. of Public Safety say two students were involved in an fight Wednesday morning. One of the students involved say school administrator Leon Brunson took him to the ground and pushed him several times after the altercation had ended, injuring the student. Cayce police say an investigation lead…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– According to a spokesperson for Gov. Henry McMaster, the governor plans to direct the state inspector general to investigate Richland School Dist. 2 once S.202 is finalized and signed into law. The bill gives the governor the authority to request an investigation into “a public school, public school district, public charter school, public charter school authorizer, or…
Man shot and killed in the 7900 block of Richard Street.Image: Matt Perron/ABC Columbia Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Richland Co. deputies are investigating a Monday night shooting that left one man dead. Investigators say it happened around 7pm near on the 7900 block of Richard St. According to deputies a man was found in the front yard of a home…
Photo: Matt Perron Columbia, S.C. (S.C.)–Some employees at a Midlands Starbucks have gone on strike. In a statement provided to ABC Columbia, an employee representative says the strike is in response to recent firings at the location over attempts to join a union. Employees we spoke with say they want to go back to work, but also want to be…
Elgin, S.C. (WOLO)– The series of earthquakes in the Midlands continues. Tonight the US Geological Survey reports a 1.2 magnitude earthquake 3.75 miles southeast of Elgin. It happened around 8pm. This is the 27th earthquake reported in the area since December of ’21. Categories: Local News, News, Richland
Courtesey: RCSD Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies believe a missing Columbia woman may be in danger. Investigators say Alisa Wood, 36, was last seen at a home on Cactus Dr. According to deputies, she has medical conditions which require medication and may be in danger having been without that medication for some time. Authorities say she is known to bike…
Orangeburg, S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Orangeburg Co. say a six year old child was killed during a drive-by shooting in Orangeburg late Friday night. Investigators say around 11:35pm a car drove past a Mclain St. home in the town of North. Deputies say the people in the car fired shots at the house killing the child. Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says,…
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Orangeburg Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Orangeburg Co. are looking for two men they say carjacked a man Wednesday. Deputies say around 4:30 that afternoon a white Lexus pulled up to a home on Shadowlane Dr. where the victim was sitting in the driveway inside his silver Toyota. In the video, which was captured on the victim’s doorbell camera, you…
