New York, NY (WOLO)–Thursday Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin spoke with ABC’s Amy Robach on GMA3. The mayor addresses the increase in cases at the University of South Carolina as well as a recent incident in Five Points involving a former Columbia Police officer’s use of a racial slur. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, Local News, National News, News, Politics, Richland
Courtesy: Lexington Dist. 2 West Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Thursday Lexington School Dist. Two released renderings of its planned performing arts center. A spokesperson for the district says the facility will be built on just over 28 acres at 12th Street Ext. and Saxe Gotha Rd. in Cayce. Officials say the performing arts center “will offer the district a large, state-of-the-art…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Officials at UofSC say coronavirus testing at Davis Field is cancelled due to a staffing shortage at the lab. Officials say they are postponing the saliva testing until additional resources are available. In the meantime, leaders say students experiencing symptoms should contact Student Health Services to make an appointment. According to the university’s COVID tracker there are more…
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Image Courtesy SC Education Lottery Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The South Carolina Education Lottery’s claims center on Assembly St. in downtown Columbia closed Wednesday afternoon after an employee came in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. According to Lottery officials, the staff member that was exposed to the coronavirus only worked in the back office of the Claims Center and…
Courtesy: RCSD Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– A former Richland County deputy has been arrested for an assault that was caught on camera. Investigators say Kyle Oliver faces a charge of third degree assault and battery for the incident. Sheriff Leon Lott says the incident happened on January 7th between Oliver and a suspect who was in custody. Lott says it…
Chadwick Boseman in Black Panther (2018). Courtesy: Marvel StudiosMarvel Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–In the state house Wednesday. Richland Co. Sen. Darrell Jackson read a resolution in honor of Chadwick boseman, the acclaimed actor and South Carolina native who passed away Friday. The senate adopted the resolution unanimously. Senator Jackson says he will frame the resolution and present it to Boseman’s widow….
SC Education Lottery Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–A Columbia woman’s retirement nest-egg got a boost last week. Lottery officials say she won $200,000 in the Palmetto Cash 5 game. The winner says she purchased the ticket at the Gaz-bah on Clemson Rd. in Columbia. The ticket matched all five numbers drawn on August 27th. Because she “powered-up” for an additional dollar the…
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(Courtesy: UofSC/Twitter) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The number of coronavirus cases continues to grow exponentially on the University of South Carolina campus. According to the university’s on-line COVID-19 tracker there are now more than one thousand active cases on campus. Just a day earlier there were around 600. Only nine of those are faculty members. Since August 1st the university says…
