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MLK Food Drive-Thru takes donations today

You can honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by giving to families

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — While this year’s celebration will be virtual due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, you can still help honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy by helping local families in need. The ‘Honor the Dream Food Drive’ is a drive-thru event set for January 18, 2021, happening from 9-am to 3pm. If you plan to drive through you…

For the Health if It: Understanding Gait Dysfunction

Tyler Ryan learns about the diagnosis and treatment of Gait Dysfunction

LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) — Gait dysfunctions are changes in your normal walking pattern.  Most commonly, it is related to aging, medication side effects, pain, post-op asymmetry, range of motion of joints, muscle strength, neurological conditions like stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, ataxia due to brain tumor, vertigo, neuropathy, or paralysis of foot, etc. Approximately 17% of falls are due to abnormality in gait….

Local Living: MLK Day Drive Through Food Drive and Free Fridays

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– In your look at Local Living, this month and next month, check out Free Fridays at Riverbanks Zoo.  ‘Free Fridays’ is open only to residents of Richland or Lexington County. Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is offering free admission every Friday throughout January and February. You must reserve timed tickets on the zoo’s website, and you will need…

DHEC urging people in the community to get tested for COVID-19 regularly

DHEC: you should routinely getting tested if you're regularly out in the community.

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– State Health officials are urging residents to continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says you should routinely getting tested if you’re regularly out in the community. It’s especially important to get tested before and after holiday traveling or events, say officials. You can visit scdhec.gov/findatest for…

‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond hospitalized

Dustin Diamond, known best for playing "Screech" on the 80's hit show is in the hospital after being diagnoised with cancer

Image: Jefferey Phelps/Getty Images ABC News 7/CNN (New York) —Dustin Diamond, who played the role of ‘Screech’ on the popular 1990s high school comedy “Saved by the Bell,” is hospitalized with cancer, his manager told CNN Friday. Diamond’s health is “serious” and he is undergoing testing at an undisclosed Florida hospital to determine the type and severity of the cancer,…

Prayer vigil set for Sumter teen missing since the day after Christmas

The search for the missing teen continues as members of the community plan a prayer vigil

Sumter, SC (WOLO) — The search continues in Sumter for a teen missing since the day after Christmas. A family friend says a prayer vigil will take part this Friday night January 15th  at the Beacon Theatre on Broad Street beginning at six in the evening. They say volunteers will also hold another ground search the following Saturday January 16th….

‘Bachelor’ contender collapses during rose ceremony

Just two episodes in, the latest contestant looking for love finds medics instead

Image: (ABC/Billy Kidd) (CNN) — It truly is the most dramatic season yet. Just two episodes into the new season of “The Bachelor,” a contestant nearly collapsed during the rose ceremony. A medic was called during Monday night’s episode when Sarah Trott, a broadcast journalist from San Diego, began wobbling in full view of “Bachelor” Matt James. After noticing she was stumbling, James…