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DHEC: 6th SC child diagnosed with MIS-C

Rob Dew,

SCDHEC/Twitter Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– State health officials say another child has been diagnosed with Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C. Officials say the child is between the ages of 10 and 17 and is from the Upstate. DHEC says this is the 6th child in the state to come down with the illness that is a symptom that children…
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COVID 19 to impact hurricane shelters as Isaias approaches

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–South Carolina Emergency Management Division is discouraging evacuees from looking to shelters first if they need to leave the coast as the state braces for potential impact of Hurricane Isaias. Instead encouraging evacuees to stay with friends or family or hotels further inland. In the agency’s annual hurricane guide it writes, “Due to the possibility of coronavirus infections,…
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Dominion Energy to perform Tree Trimming in several Columbia neighborhoods

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)– Residents in several downtown neighborhoods,  including the Bradley Community and Lake Katherine, will see tree trimming activities over the next few weeks. According to Dominion Energy, they will perform tree trimming activities along overhead utility lines in the following neighborhoods: Bradley Community Council Rochelle Heights/ Victory Garden Grove Park Neighborhood Association Bradley Community Council Druid Hills Neighborhood Association…

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Man wearing brightly colored flames mask robs conveniences store at gunpoint

ABC Columbia Staff,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Investigators are looking for an armed robbery suspect who wore a brightly colored mask with flames on it to rob a convenience store last week. The robbery happened at the G.T. Foodmart on Shakespeare Rd. Friday, July 24 just before 1:30 p.m. According to RCSD the man entered the store, pointed a handgun at the clerk,…

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CPD searches for vandals responsible for defacing five points mural

Officials say the American Flag mural was spray painted with 'possible demonic numbers' along bottom of the artwork
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: CPD Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Police Department (CPD) are looking for the person(s) responsible for vandalizing a mural in Five Points. According to CPD, an officer discovered the American flag mural painted on the former Yesterday’s restaurant on Devine Street riddled with graffiti around 10:00 p.m. July 29. Officials say the writing that appeared to be done…

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Midlands teachers look to utilize caution, creativity when school starts back up

Several teachers will be back in the classroom teaching amid the pandemic
Tim Scott,

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –With the start of the school year just around the corner, several teachers are preparing to educate their students in several different ways. Even with some students sitting in their desks or some tuning in on their computer on the first day of school, Fulmer Middle School teacher Adam Godfrey says he and his colleagues will…

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Special Olympics South Carolina cancels Fall State Games due to COVID-19

Special Olympics South Carolina is another organization feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maria Szatkowski,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Special Olympics South Carolina is another organization feeling the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to Spring and Summer State Games, the organization recently announced the Fall State Games will also be canceled. Canceling any of the State Games is unprecedented. “It’s the first time we’ve ever had to do that in the existence of…