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Woolard Technology students use mobile lab to learn life saving techniques

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Thursday the Woolard Technology Center and Prisma Health teamed up to put students on the scene of a mock accident. Health Science students at WTC worked to save the life of an imaginary car accident victim through Prisma’s SIM-Coach Mobile Laboratory. Kershaw County school district’s ‘Teacher of the Year’, Anna Harvley, received a grant from the…

Senators mull bill that would ban anyone under 18 from using commercial tanning beds

A Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee chose to carry over the bill to their next meeting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A group of Senators listened to testimony from people concerning House Bill 3807, which if passed, would ban anyone under the age of 18 from using a commercial tanning bed. The bill is now in the hands of a Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee, which voted along party lines to keep working on the bill until it’s…

Hands-Free bill likely dead for year

Columbia, S.C. (AP)–A bill that would require anyone using a cellphone while driving in South Carolina to not hold the phone in their hands appears to be dead for the year. The Senate Transportation Committee decided Wednesday to not vote on the bill. The bill would require anyone making a cellphone call to use a Bluetooth device or have the…

Prices at the Pump fall again in the Midlands

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Gas prices continue to fall as we near the end of the month. According to GasBuddy, drivers in Columbia are paying 6.1 cents less per gallon than last week. The average price of gas in Columbia is at $2.17 a gallon, according to GasBuddy. Gas prices in Columbia are 11.8 cents per gallon lower than a month…

Local student battling sickle cell disease surprised with Super Bowl tickets

There was a 'super' surprise Thursday morning at Crayton Middle School, when a student was gifted tickets to this weekend's face off between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49'ers.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — There was a ‘super’ surprise Thursday morning at Crayton Middle School, when a student was gifted tickets to this weekend’s face off between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49’ers. Braden Green, 13, thought it was an ordinary day at school. Until he saw a video from a few players from his favorite team,…

SC Proposed ban on holding Cell phones while driving could be dead at State House

Ban on holding cellphones while driving likely dead in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A bill that would require anyone using a cellphone while driving in South Carolina to not hold the phone in their hands appears to be dead for the year. The Senate Transportation Committee decided Wednesday to not vote on the bill. The bill would require anyone making a cellphone call to use a Bluetooth device or…