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Local Living: The Holidays are coming to the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Here’s Crysty Vaughan with a look at ‘Local Living’. The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center is hosting a free, family friendly holiday event. ‘A Holiday to Remember’ is scheduled for Friday November 20-Sunday November 22, 2020. Organizers say you can take pictures with Santa, watch holiday performances, shop from local vendors and enjoy concessions, socially distanced, of course! Those…

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Tasty Tuesday: Ginger Cookies just like Nan Nan did – (she did them better)

Tyler Ryan and Mary Ann Keim mix up the batter for some yummy cookies in time for the Holidays
Tyler Ryan,

LEXINGTON SC (WOLO) – With the Holidays right around the corner, fond memories of catching a whiff of Grandma’s cookies surly come to mind to many people…with that on our minds, on this Tasty Tuesday, we decided to try out some of my Great Grandmother’s favorite cookies, Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies, and her Aunt Ada’s 150 year old Ginger Cookie…

Hometown Hero
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Child being called hometown hero for saving brother’s life

A family is singing the praises of their son after one child jumped into action when his younger brother falls in family pool
CNN,

(CNN) — A 4-year-old in California has been named a hometown hero for his quick actions. Mason and his family just moved into a new home that has a pool, but the excitement quickly turned dark when his younger brother accidentally fell in. Michelle Gile met up with mason and his family to tell us more. Categories: Digital Exclusives and…

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DHEC: 1,639 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in SC Saturday

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Saturday the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 1,639 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 9 additional confirmed deaths. DHEC says the total number of confirmed cases is 174,862 and confirmed deaths is 3,756. Confirmed and probable cases: please click here. Confirmed and probable deaths: please click here. Health officials say the total number of individual test…
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Craftsmen’s Christmas Classic cancelled until 2021

The 45th year for this holiday event has been cancelled due to the pandemic
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Like many of the events that people have been waiting for in 2020, the annual Craftsmen’s Christmas Classic Art & Craft Festival is joining the list of events that have been forced to cancel because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Organizers say they would prefer to forgo the long standing event that was initially set to…

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UofSC hosts virtual 5K for ‘Friends of Fisher House’

The organization 'Friends of Fisher House' helps raise money for families of veterans
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Lace up your shoes. The University of South Carolina is hosting a virtual 5-K event to help raise money for veterans. The 5-k runs this Friday November 6, 2020 through Sunday November 8, 2020. You can take part in a number of challenges like walking, running or you can ruck. Officials say those participating in the…

Brooklyn Express
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In the mood for pizza Brooklyn pie style? Stroll to Gervais Street.

A new locally owned pizza shop open on Gervais Street - The GMC Taste Test
Tyler Ryan,

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) – Opening a locally owned store these days is more of a gamble than ever, and when it comes to restaurants, a business with a large slope to climb, it is especially tough.  Doug Ames, however, decided to double down, and open 2 pizza shops since August.  According to Manager Gene Kolb, Ames’ Brooklyn Express Pizza is…