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Benedict College to celebrate Harambee festival with series of events

Image: BenedictCollege.com Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Benedict College is getting ready to celebrate their 31st Harambee Festival with a list of events to help celebrate the annual tradition. Harambee, which stands for “all pull together’ in Swahili and promises to do just that by bringing members of the community together for several nights of live musical performance  food, art, unique…

Amore Under the Stars at the State Museum for your Valentine

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–You can celebrate Valentine’s Day under the stars at the South Carolina State Museum. Amore Under the Stars is set for Friday, February 14th, 2020. The event will take place from 7 until 10 p.m. It includes, tours through the museum galleries, a special planetarium show, even champagne. According to organizers, guests can discover artifacts associated with some…

Local Living: KISS in concert and Go Red for Women Day

Crysty Vaughan takes a look at some of the Midlands happenings in Local Living

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)— Topping our look at local living. The Colonial Life Arena is hosting some rock legends just in time for Valentine’s Day. KISS is bringing the ‘End of the Road Tour’ to Colonial Life Arena on February 11, 2020. The band also announced former Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth will be a special guest. The concert…

SC State Fair accepting applications for ‘Ride of your Life’ scholarship

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Students looking for help towards putting money into college, in South Carolina, now have a chance to apply for a scholarship. The South Carolina State Fair is accepting applications for its ‘Ride of your Life’ Scholarship program. According to a State Fair officials, fifty $6,000 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors across the state and will be paid out…

Local Living: We investigate the newest exhibit at the State Museum

Crysty Vaughan takes a look at some of the weekend happenings in Local Living

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– In our look at Local Living, calling all sleuths! Our Curtis Wilson goes behind the scenes to investigate the newest exhibit, speaking with the Museum’s Jared Glover. The South Carolina State Museum is unveiling the secrets of one of the most revolutionary literary detectives in history. You can check out the International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes at the Museum….

Fireflies hosting seasonal game day job fair in February

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Grab the resumes, The Columbia Fireflies are hosting a second job fair to fill 2020 seasonal gameday positions. The job fair will take place at Segra Park on Saturday, February 8 from 10am -Noon. Organizers say positions include parking staff, ticketing staff and servers. You are asked to download an application before attending. For more information, click here https://www.milb.com/columbia/news/fireflies-to-host-job-fair-january-11/c-312203310…

Congratulations to our Dave Aiken on being honored with the SCBA Masters Award

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–ABC Columbia wants to send our our congratulations to our Station Manager Dave Aiken. General Manager and Vice President Chris Bailey delivered an introduction for Dave, Thursday night at the SCBA Awards of Distinction dinner. At the event, Dave was awarded the South Carolina Broadcasters Association’s Masters award. The honor is given each year to an individual who…