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Columbia City Council upholds decision to deny adult store Taboo a business license

The city denied the license since it violates an ordinance preventing the sale of sexual devices near a school or neighborhood

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –City leaders taking a stand against an adult store’s efforts to obtain a business license. The Columbia City Council voted unanimously to uphold the Business Licensing Division’s decision to prevent Taboo from operating in its current location. Some lawmakers say they have been getting phone calls about the store for years, arguing that the store should not…

Group donates Electronic Storage Detection K-9 to help protect children in Richland Co.

K-9 Oakley is an 18-month-old English Labrador whose main task is to protect children.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland Co. Sheriff’ Department now has a new deputy who is trained to find electronic storage devices. K-9 Oakley is an 18-month-old English Labrador whose main task is to protect children. “We’ve got sexual predators, we got child molesters, we got human traffickers; we’ve got monsters out there in our community that are preying on…

Post Malone announces ‘Runaway Tour’ stop in Columbia

Image Provided by: Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC  (WOLO) —- The Colonial Life Arena has just announced that GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist Post Malone is extending his  “Runaway Tour’, now making a stop here in Columbia. This is the second leg of Post Malone’s tour, which will launch the second leg in 2020 and one of the stops is at Colonial…

Irmo residents upset about possible sewer rate increase

IRMO, SC (WOLO)- Some people inIrmo say they’re frustrated about a possible $40 sewer rate increase. “We can not continue to pay $101 a month for sewer,” Irmo resident Herbie Metz said. “It just goes down the drain.” On Thursday, some people got this letter in the mail about their sewer bill going from $65 dollars to more than $100….

Suspended Florence Sheriff indicted by State Grand Jury

Kenney Boone. (Credit: South Carolina Law Enforcement Division) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Former Florence County Sheriff has been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury. Monday, November 18th, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said the State Grand Jury came back with indictments against now suspended Florence County Sheriff William Kenney Boone.  Boone now faces charges of Misconduct in Office as…