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Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Richland Co. communities

West Nile virus is confirmed in two places in Richland Co., after mosquitoes tested positive in Forest Acres and St. Andrews.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — West Nile virus is confirmed in two places in Richland Co., after mosquitoes tested positive in Forest Acres and St. Andrews. Now, Richland Co. Vector Control is trying to minimize the spread of the virus. “We’re covering not just the area where the viral activity was found, but any of the surrounding area as well,” said…

Columbia Museum of Art presents: ‘Japan on Screen’

(Image Courtesy: Columbia Museum of Art/”Wild Corporation: One Step at a Time” (2018) Archival Pigment Print Courtesy of the Artist 37″x 41″) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – The Columbia Museum of Art presents Japan on Screen. This is a free outdoor Japanese film series that started today, Thursday, July 25, in celebration of the summer exhibition Mimi Kato: Ordinary Sagas. The…

Valet arrested after taking customers car home, says he didn’t have money to fix his car

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-A Midlands woman came home to a missing car at the airport because a valet employee took her car for a spin. “I was very upset,” Joye Johnson said. “I felt violated because he had taken something personal of mine.” Johnson and her sorority sisters trip to New Orleans was cut short by tropical storm Barry.  After hours of…