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Twins to graduate from Fort Jackson after completing basic training together

Annika and Margaret are fraternal twins from Illinois. They just completed basic training, which they got to do together.
Maria Szatkowski,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — On Thursday, two soldiers will get to say they’ve graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson with their sibling. But not only are they related, they’re twins, and they got to be in the same company. “It was just a coincidence, purely by chance,” said Annika Meyer, PV2. “It’s a neat opportunity to get a chance…
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Attorney General suing City of Columbia over gun ordinances

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a lawsuit in the state supreme court Wednesday asking the court to strike down ordinances adopted by the city in relation to guns. In a news release, Attorney General Wilson says, “These ordinances clearly violate the state law that prohibits local governments from passing any gun laws or ordinances that…
Fairfield, Kershaw, Local News, Newberry, News, Politics, State, Sumter

Former Gamecock running for Congress

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)- A former Gamecock wide receiver is hoping to go from catching touchdown passes in Williams-Brice to passing legislation in Washington, D.C. Moe Brown announced Wednesday his intentions to run for South Carolina’s 5th congressional district.  The seat currently held by Republican Ralph Norman. Following his time at UofSC where he studied business, he began working for Gov….
Local News, News, Richland

Possible rate hike sparks outrage with Palmetto Utilities customers

Alexis Frazier,

RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)- Outrage in the Midlands after another water company is proposing to raise it’s prices. Palmetto Utilities customers say they’re frustrated after getting a letter in the mail saying their rates are going up again.This time to $66. “That’s ridiculous when we just had an increase in 2018,” resident Gail Barton-Ford said. “I understand that a company needs…
Local News, Richland

Safety improvements proposed along Two Notch Road

ABC Columbia Staff,

  Image: SCDOT  RichlandCo.,SC (WOLO) — Tonight officials with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) held a community meeting to discuss a proposed safety improvement project along Two Notch Road that would begin at Trenholm Road to ending at Valhalla Drive in Richland County.   Officials backing the proposed plan say between 2010 and 2014, there were 1,608 crashes…
Charleston Church Shooting, Local News, Richland, State

Dylann Roof appeals death penalty, conviction in Emanuel AME mass shooting

man convicted of killing 9 church members at the Mother Emanuel AME church in Charelston files for an appeal
Associated Press,

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof, center, is escorted from the Sheby Police Department in Shelby, N.C., June 18, 2015. Chuck Burton/AP Photo Columbia, SC (AP) — The self admitted white supremacist who was convicted in one of the worst mass shootings in South Carolina history is fighting his guilty verdict and his sentence of death. According to the…
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“There is still hope for Sumter”: Pastor says more could be done to curb growing number of homicides

Pastor Marian Newton says it's his passion to try and educate children in his county about gun violence
Tim Scott,

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — Back when he first became a Pastor at Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church in Sumter, Marian Newton remembers Sumter being a different town. “30 years ago, you had no fear of walking down the streets, going downtown, stuff like that,” Newton said. Ever since New Year’s Day 23-year-old Montrell Epps and 17-year-old Antwan Dukes lost their lives…