Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Starting Monday August 30th, Columbia Metropolitan Airport will offer COVID-19 testing in its cell phone parking lot. The tests will be available on a first come first serve basis from 9am until 6pm. Results will take approximately 24 hours. Officials say the tests are open to the public and not just travelers using the airport. Categories: Lexington,…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The spike in cases of covid-19 is impacting how the d-m-v does business. According to the agency, starting Wednesday August 25th, masks will be required for all road and skill tests. Then as of this coming Monday August 30th, skills test for a regular drivers license will be available by appointment only. For more information go scdmvonline.com…
(Courtesy: UofSC/Twitter) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Within hours of the South Carolina’s Supreme Court’s opinion that UofSC’s mask mandate did not violate a state proviso which prevents schools from mandating masks, University President Dr. Harris Pastides re-instated a previously issued mask requirement for all on-campus buildings. Dr. Pastides initially instituted the requirement in July but withdrew it after Attorney General Alan Wilson…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)– Investigators with the Lexington Police Dept. say an employee at a daycare center is accused of physically assaulting the children in her care. Police say Breanna Marie Audette, 23, of Irmo is charged with multiple counts of Unlawful Conduct Toward a Child. According to investigators, Audette was an employee at Harvest Daycare on Whiteford Way. Police say…
DHEC Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– DHEC is accepting grant applications for anyone wanting to coordinate grassroots COVID-19 vaccination awareness efforts. The agency says it will distribute a total of $5 million in grants from money it received from the US Department of Health and Human Services. DHEC is seeking groups and individuals seeking to distribute vaccination information materials, host informational…
(AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Friday a University of South Carolina committee released its final report on which buildings it believes should be renamed on the Columbia campus. According to the report by the Presidential Commission on University History, ten names of buildings and features on campus were recommended for removal including the Strom Thurmond Wellness Center. The names…
Source:Calhoun Co. Sheriff’s Office Calhoun Co., S.C. (WOLO)–The Calhoun Co. Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing man in Elloree. 40 year old Wallie Washington was last seen by family members on July 9th. He may be driving his white 2007 Chevrolet Impala. If you have any information please contact investigators at 803-874-2741. Categories: Calhoun, Local News, News
Town of Swansea Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)–The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office says a Midlands mayor is under indictment. Attorney General Alan Wilson says a Lexington Co. grand jury indicted Swansea Mayor Jerald Sanders on charges of Embezzlement and Misconduct in Office. According to the indictment, around December of 2019, Sanders embezzled funds by having checks for less than $10,000…
Orangeburg Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Troopers with the highway patrol say one person was killed when a man driving a U-Haul van struck them head on. It happened Monday morning on Big Buck Blvd. near Bethel Forest Rd. in Orangeburg Co. Troopers say Lee Grant Moody, 42, of Eutawville was driving in the wrong lane when he struck the 2014 Honda…
Photo: Rich Wandover, ABC Columbia News Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Fairfield Rd. was blocked for a while Tuesday morning as firefighters battled a fire at a recycling center. Chief Aubrey Jenkins says around 8am crews responded to American Recycling where several vehicles caught fire while they were being loaded off of a tractor trailer. No injuries were reported and Chief Jenkins says…
