COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released its latest coronavirus data. DHEC reports 766 new confirmed cases and 21 confirmed deaths, bringing the total to 133,310 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 3,010 deaths. 6,324 tests were conducted on Thursday which yielded a percent positive rate of 12.1%. Confirmed and probable cases: please click here. Confirmed…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says they arrested three more individuals who participated in the riots on the weekend of May 30. Authorities say they arrested Nicholas Fleming on September 1 on charges of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, breach of peace aggravated in nature, participating in a riot, unlawful carry of a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Beginning Saturday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the Office of the Governor, the City of Columbia and the University of South Carolina are all teaming up to launch several days of free COVID-19 testing. The drive-through testing will be located at Founder’s Park and MLK Park from 11 a.m-3 p.m. Testing will be…
Courtesy: City of Aiken COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Aiken Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s help locating two missing boys. Authorities say 9-year-old Matthew Kinman and 7-year-old Jerry Kinman were taken from their bedroom at 53 Deerwood Court sometime Thursday night. Matthew is four feet tall, weighs 91 pounds, has blonde hair and blue eyes. Jerry is…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Friday morning, the South Carolina Supreme Court began hearing opening arguments in a lawsuit against Governor Henry McMaster’s decision to use CARES Act funds on private school vouchers. In July, Governor McMaster announced his plan to use $32 million in COVID-19 federal relief funds on these vouchers. The funding was blocked after Orangeburg County attorney Skyler Hutto…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Officials from Fort Jackson say they are partnering with the Medical University of South Carolina to offer free coronavirus testing for individuals with authorized post access. The testing will be available September 22 and 24 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m, with the main day for retirees and Veteran Health Identification Card holders being September 22. The drive-through testing…
Columbia Police say they have arrested two teenage males after an overnight shooting at the Granby Mills Apartment complex.
ABC Columbia imageVoted sticker Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Urban League’s Young Professionals will be teaming up with BET along with the National Urban League as well as other civil rights organizations to plan to inveil the first ever National Black Voter Day. The meeting of groups is scheduled for today, Friday September 18 at 11a.m. at 2805 North…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The chairman of the House committee that writes South Carolina’s budget says he also wants a small raise for teachers and a $1,000 COVID-19 hazard pay bonus for lower paid state workers, but now isn’t the time to spend that money. Instead, House Ways and Means Chairman Murrell Smith says he wants to wait until January…
Courtesy:11th Circuit Solicitors Office EDGEFIELD, S.C. (AP) – A 30-year prison sentence has been given to a Florida woman who killed her 6-month-old son in South Carolina because she was angry when the child’s father wouldn’t answer her texts or phone calls. Twenty-seven-year-old Vernita Lashon Jones pleaded guilty Wednesday to homicide by child abuse and received the minimum sentence. Jones…
