COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Starting Sunday Columbia residents are being asked to ‘stay home and stay safe’. Thursday the Columbia City Council passed the stay home, stay safe ordinance. According to the measure, effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2020 people are asked to stay in their homes and not travel through or congregate in the streets, sidewalks, waterways and public spaces…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you are looking for a resource on the Coronavirus and updates on state cases, you can check out The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control website. The site is a resource for COVID-19. Below are some links: DHEC’s COVID-19 county map provides the number of cases by county and is updated daily. https://scdhec.gov/infectious-diseases/viruses/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19 Several South Carolina…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A correctional officer at Broad River Correctional Institution has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to SCDC. Friday night, the Department of Corrections released a statement saying this is the first SCDC employee who has tested positive. No inmates are positive for COVID-19. According to SCDC, the officer was last at work on March 17 and…
Columbia,SC (WOLO) — Planting seeds for a better future. Friday morning Mayor Steve Benjamin and other city leaders planted wildflower seeds at the intersection of Main Street and Elmwood Avenue. City leaders say when they bloom the flowers will be part of the city’s on-going gateway project but they area also there to provide hope during a time that is…
UPDATE: HOLLY HILL, SC (WOLO) – Cheron Williams, 21, became the third person charged with murder on Friday in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Holly Hill man. ______________ ORIGINAL STORY: HOLLY HILL, SC (WOLO) – Two men have been arrested for a deadly shooting that happened just outside of Holly Hill Monday morning. Raynard Gardner, Jr., 21, and…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Friday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced four additional deaths related to coronavirus. DHEC says this brings the state’s total number of deaths to 13. DHEC also announced it is investigating 86 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number statewide to 539 cases in 39 counties. State health officials continue to urge residents …
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Friday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced an Executive Order: “I have ordered that all visitors coming to South Carolina from the COVID-19 hotspots of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, or New Orleans must quarantine for 14 days.” McMaster says the penalty for violating that is 30 days in jail or a one thousand dollar fine. …
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–If you have not yet applied for the REAL ID, you now have more time. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles announced that the Department of Homeland Security would extend the enforcement date of the Federal REAL ID Act of 2005 from October 1, 2020 to October 1, 2021. In a release, South Carolina Department of Motor…
Lexington School District Two is adjusting its free breakfast/lunch pickups and bus deliveries on Monday, March 30.
The City of Columbia’s garbage collectors have released new rules for taking out trash during the outbreak.
