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Carolina Fathers help area youth dress for success

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A group of Midlands dads want to make sure young men in our area are dressed for success. This afternoon Carolina Fathers, a Facebook group for dads, announced plans to hold a necktie drive. Organizers say the group was formed as a way to connect, celebrate, and elevate dads from across the Carolina’s. The necktie drop…

‘An outstanding sigh of relief. That’s always your goal,’ Orangeburg first responders reflect on rescuing man trapped in silo

Dozens of first responders from several different agencies responded last Thursday to a man trapped in a grain silo in Orangeburg.

Dozens of first responders from several different agencies responded last Thursday to a man trapped in a grain silo in Orangeburg. They helped rescue the man, an employee of Cactus Family Farms, who had been trapped for about nine hours.

I-26 blocked after fatal accident

Source: SCDOT Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–According to the highway patrol I-26 westbound is blocked near mile marker 101 in between Ballentine and Lake Murray Blvd. Troopers say they are investigating a fatal accident involving a tractor-trailer and a motorcycle. No word on the cause of the accident or the deceased’s identity. Troopers say traffic is being diverted off of I-26 and…