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City of Columbia extends mask ordinance, expands order to include some outdoor spaces

On Thursday, Mayor Steve Benjamin and the Columbia City Council voted unanimously to extend the city’s ordinance requiring face coverings as well as extending the temporary suspension of city council, board and commission meetings. The city’s previous order was set to expire on November 15, but the new order extends it through January 5, 2021. 

Mace becomes SC’s first Republican woman elected to Congress

U.S. House candidate Nancy Mace addresses supporters outside a Waffle House where the Republican once worked on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Ladson, S.C. Mace defeated Democratic U.S. House Rep. Joe Cunningham in South Carolina’s 1st District. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) LADSON, S.C. (AP) – Nancy Mace has become the first Republican woman ever elected to Congress in South Carolina. Her…

As people anxiously await Election Night results, election officials call on people to stay patient

The anxiousness has been reflected on social media, especially after some races were called

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — After a very eventful Election Night, social media has still been buzzing about some of South Carolina’s races, and the eagerness to find out who will win the 2020 Presidential Election. The University of South Carolina Social Media Insights Lab says one of the hot topics statewide was the Senate race between Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)…