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Several school delays & closings in the Midlands due to weather

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Due to severe weather several school districts have decided to delay or close schools on Monday, January 3rd. Lexington District One says they are switching to e-learning today. (All afterschool activities are canceled as well) Sumter School District says the following schools are closed today: Rafting Creek Elementary R.E. Davis College Preparatory Academy Shaw Heights Elementary…

Tow truck driver shot multiple times in Richland County

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A tow truck driver is in the hospital after an early morning shooting in Richland County. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, on Sunday, January 3rd at around 1:30 am deputies received reports of a tow driver who was shot multiple times.  Deputies say they found the victim on the scene and began rendering…

Human remains found in a ditch in Lexington County

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Human remains were found in a drainage ditch in two feet of water near the 200 block of Saturn Parkway in Columbia, according to the Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. The coroners office says on Friday, December 31st, a citizen called to report what they believed to be human skeletal remains in a drainage ditch. …