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Local News, Richland

Local Living: It’s Festival time in the Midlands

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Food and fun, our Crysty Vaughan is talking festivals in our look at ‘Local Living’. Are you ready for some baklava and souvlaki? The 33rd annual Columbia Greek Festival gets underway Thursday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Sumter Street. The event features music, crafts Greek culture, and of course food! The Greek Festival kicks off…
Local News, Sumter

Fatal shooting in Cherryvale: SCSO

Kimberlei Davis,

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) – A Sumter teen is dead following a shooting in Cherryvale early Wednesday morning. Sumter County Coroner Robert Baker said Christopher Thompson, 19, was pronounced dead at Prisma Health Tuomey from a gunshot wound. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday at The Medical University of South Carolina. Categories: Local News, Sumter Tags: SCNews
Local News, Newberry

Newberry shooting victim found dead in ditch identified

ABC Columbia Staff,

(ABC Columbia/FILE) Female victim found dead with gunshot wounds in a ditch on SC Hwy. 121. Newberry,SC (WOLO)— The Newberry County Sheriff’s office along with the Newberry County Coroner continue investigate the shooting death of a woman discovered early Tuesday morning. According to authorities, the victim has been identified as 40 year old Sharonda Shontay Simms of Newberry. Officials say…
Local News, News, Politics

Columbia city council passes hate crime and gun restriction laws

Alexis Frazier,

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Columbia city council voted unanimously Tuesday night to pass three ordinances that take aim at gun violence and hate crime. The first, a Gun-free School Zone ordinance that makes it illegal to carry within 1000 feet of schools. The second, an Extreme Risk Protection law, which gives law enforcement and family members the power to take guns away….