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Change your smoke detectors as you spring forward this weekend

Area Fire Department say Daylight Saving time is also a time to remember more than those clocks

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —  Daylight Saving is this weekend and while many people are focus on changing their clocks as we all get ready to adjust to one less hour and more daylight. Fire officials however say that’s not all we need to keep in mind. This also the time of the year they ask people to also change the…

Prisma Health offers Daylight Saving time tips

Here are some ways to 'Spring forward' effortlessly in 2021

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s that time of the year again. We are getting ready to enjoy an extra hour of daylight. What may not be as enjoyable to some is the loss of an hour that we trade that additional sunshine for. Prisma health says they know making the transition can be a challenge and they are offering some…

The CDC gives guidance on travel during spring break

Spring Break is right around the corner and health officials warn it could lead to another surge

(CNN) — Spring break is not that far away for most Midlands school districts, and for many it is a time to relax — maybe take a vacation but, this year, even with more vaccination being administered there’s continued concern about COVID-19 and how this break could cause another surge around the United States. Mandy Gaither has more on spring…

For the Health if It: Spine injury and treatment

Tyler Ryan and Hima Dalal discuss injuries to the spine and ways treatment can help ease the pain and return to movement

      LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) – A spinal cord injury often causes permanent or partial loss of strength, sensation & function below the site of injury, depending on complete or incomplete lesion. According to Vital Energy’s Hima Dalal, a common causes of spinal cord injury are accident, fall, sports injury, cancer, tumor, neurological conditions, congenital deformities, etc.  Patients may…

Finding love during the ongoing pandemic

The Pandemic has changed just about everything, and dating is no exception, so how what are people doing different?

(CNN) –As March marks a year since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems 2021 could be the year for love. A new survey of single Americans has found that more than half of them feel optimistic this will be the year they find “the one”. Dating, like many things, has changed since the pandemic began last year. dating…

Principal lends helping hand to student embarrassed by haircut

The student was wearing a hat to cover his head until his principal took action

Image: CNN (CNN)— We’ve all had at least one bad haircut in our lifetimes, and chances are, we remember how that bad haircut made us feel. Jason Smith, the middle school principal at Stonybrook Intermediate and Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana, understood that feeling. And that’s why it was a no-brainer to jump into action for one of his students,…