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Prisma Health hosting free flu shot events

Prisma Health is urging you to get your flu shot

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health is urging people to get a flu shot.     Officials say they are launching a free flu vaccination campaign in October.  The free flu shots will be available in Richland, Lexington and Sumter counties. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in this latest surge, it’s more important than ever to get your flu vaccination,” said Vince…

Charleston Co. students sent home for refusing to wear masks

More than a dozen students were sent home, more than adozen parents protesting the action

(CNN) Charleston Co., SC —Some Charleston County students are now learning from home after not wearing a mask at school. Reporter Rob Way spoke with the School Board Chair about the new policy being enforced and tells us masks may be required longer than first planned. According to school officials, Thursday 15 students refused to comply with mask mandate put…

South Carolina State Fair set to return ‘stronger, safer’ in 2021

A look at some of what you can expect at the 2021 South Carolina State Fair starting October 13th

Courtesy: SC State Fair Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The fall season is finally here and that means that the 2021 South Carolina State Fair is less than a month away. Last year in 2020, like with many events, the annual tradition was forced to take a different approach in order to allow fair goers to celebrate safely without the risk…

Lexington deputies searching for suspect in fatal stabbing

Photo: LCSD Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)–Deputies with the Lexington Co. Sheriff’s Dept. say they are searching the area around Piney Grove Rd and Harbison Blvd. for Julian Flott. Investigators say Flott is wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing on Baymore Ln. Authorities say he was last seen wearing a plaid shirt with white stripes, and green and orange tennis…

A Day of Remembering Victims of Homicide Planned for Saturday

Tyler Ryan speaks with Brian Setree with the Eagle Cold Case and Missing Person Institute about the Day of Remembrance

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO) — “True crime” is, without a doubt, the number one reality television genre, only followed by paranormal, and while it makes for great entertainment for armchair detectives, the pain, questions, and lack of peace are a reality for everyone these cases touch. A 2013 Rand Corporation study reports that there are over 200,000 homicide cases that have…