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Road blocked as crews respond to recycling center fire

Photo: Rich Wandover, ABC Columbia News Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Fairfield Rd. was blocked for a while Tuesday morning as firefighters battled a fire at a recycling center. Chief Aubrey Jenkins says around 8am crews responded to American Recycling where several vehicles caught fire while they were being loaded off of a tractor trailer. No injuries were reported and Chief Jenkins says…

Bipartisan effort to preserve Carolinas US Revolution sites

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s lone Democratic U.S. House member is joining with the other six Republican members to create a trail to help link and preserve Revolutionary War sites South Carolina and North Carolina. South Carolina leaders have tried for more than a decade to create the trail which would begin near Charleston, wind into the Midlands and…

Gas prices soar during Holiday

Here in the Midlands, drivers are paying around an average of $2.81 a gallon

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you are filling up this week, prices at the pump are up. The National average for gas has soared to an average of $3.13 a gallon. Here in the Midlands, drivers are paying around an average of $2.81 a gallon, according to AAA. Experts say the increase is due to the holiday weekend. You can track…

SC Congressman James Clyburn hosting Town Hall Tours in SC

South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn will kick off a "Help is Here Town Hall Tour" this week

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn will kick off a “Help is Here Town Hall Tour” this week. Clyburn says he will use the tour to discuss the child tax credit payments and affordable care act. The tour will take place in communities in the Sixth Congressional District. The first town hall is tomorrow at 6pm in Ridgeland. Clyburn…

Local Living: State Fair entries and Local Farmer’s Market

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COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Local Living on ABC Columbia is brought to you by Allure Medical. You can roll up your sleeve and help give the Gift of Life. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is inviting donors to join them at a Community Blood Drive Wednesday. It will take place on July 7th from 8-5 p.m. at 420 Hendrix Street in Lexington….

Busy Travel Day on South Carolina roadways

Holiday travel nearing records in SC and across the Nation

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Monday evening the roads are expected to be congested as a record number of South Carolinians will be returning home from the holiday weekend. AAA says more than 635 thousand South Carolinians were expected to travel. Many heading home Monday night. That’s up more than 35% from last year, which was during the height of the pandemic….