New York, NY (WOLO)–Thursday Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin spoke with ABC’s Amy Robach on GMA3. The mayor addresses the increase in cases at the University of South Carolina as well as a recent incident in Five Points involving a former Columbia Police officer’s use of a racial slur. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, Local News, National News, News, Politics, Richland
Courtesy: Lexington Dist. 2 West Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Thursday Lexington School Dist. Two released renderings of its planned performing arts center. A spokesperson for the district says the facility will be built on just over 28 acres at 12th Street Ext. and Saxe Gotha Rd. in Cayce. Officials say the performing arts center “will offer the district a large, state-of-the-art…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Officials at UofSC say coronavirus testing at Davis Field is cancelled due to a staffing shortage at the lab. Officials say they are postponing the saliva testing until additional resources are available. In the meantime, leaders say students experiencing symptoms should contact Student Health Services to make an appointment. According to the university’s COVID tracker there are more…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– There are more chances for you to get tested for Coronavirus. The City of Columbia, DHEC and Prisma Health are hosting a COVID-19 mobile testing site. The testing is free. Testing will take place Friday, September 4, 2020 to Tuesday, September 29, 2020 only on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The hours are 8am – Noon at the…
Sumter County deputies say they have arrested a man accused of shooting at his son last month. Officials say 47 year old, Kevin Starnes..
South Carolina Highway Patrol says a pedestrian is dead after a fatal collision in Saluda on U.S. 178 Wednesday.
(Courtesy: UofSC/Twitter) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Students at the University of South Carolina have been back on campus for less than a month, but as students, faculty and staff resumed in person instruction, cases of coronavirus began to surface. The council announcing Wednesday plans to continue fall recruitment virtually instead of in-person. This decision comes after the University of South…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — In a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Benedict college will launch its women’s business center. The college says the new business center will help small businesses owned by women start, grow, expand, and recover as the country continues to work to restart the economy. Benedict College will be one of only two HBCU’s in…
Image: Benedict College Logo Columbia, SC (WOLO) — BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is giving back in a big way. As a part of a commitment to financially assist five South Carolina Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) facing hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic. One of the five institutions is Benedict College, which was recently gifted a grant of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — All South Carolina voters are one step closer to getting the option to vote absentee for the upcoming November election. The South Carolina Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would enable voters to choose the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason to vote absentee. Coming back to Columbia for the first time in months, lawmakers had one…
