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BASIC MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING: Fort Jackson officers demonstrate standard army weapon use

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Fort Jackson, the largest basic combat training installation in the Army, teaches 45,000 soldiers each year in its basic training program alone. The base employs thousands of workers and contributes more than $2 billion of revenue to the Palmetto State according to a study by the University of South Carolina. “This is the transformation from being…

SC State University gears up for ‘Parade of Champions’

The event was postponed twice due to COVID concerns

Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) — South Carolina State University students, staff, and alumni will finally be able to celebrate the Bulldogs victory in both academics and athletics during the long awaited ‘Parade of Champions’. The event was put on hold twice over the course of one month, after school officials say several student athletes tested positive to COVID. The off, on…

ACLU wins settlement to remove some from Sex Offender Registry

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — In a settlement agreement with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel those wrongly convicted of sodomy in the state of South Carolina will now be taken off of the Sex Offender Registry in the Palmetto State. The announcement comes after arguments in Mary Geiger Lewis’s courtroom Friday,…

FDA investigates General Mills after complaints over ‘Lucky Charms’

The FDA is looking into reports of thousands getting sick after eating the cereal

The FDA is investigating ‘Lucky Charms’ after reports of thousands of people getting sick. The move comes after a popular online poison website reported that more than 13-hundred people said they had gastro-intestinal issues after eating ‘Lucky Charms’ cereal.  However,  cereal maker ‘General Mills’ says it has found no evidence of people getting sick. The FDA says it has received…