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SC State Museum set to launch Space Week

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Ready for take off?  The South Carolina State Museum is launching Space Week, July 20 through July 28, in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.    Museum officials say the week long event includes the museum’s new Apollo 50: Journey to the Moon exhibit, see the show, Fly Me to the Moon 4D, enjoy…

32 thousand meals donated to Harvest Hope Food Bank

(Photo: Harvest Hope Food Bank) COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) —- The summer is suppose to be a time full of fun in the sun, but hunger and the need for a good meal doesn’t get a summer break.  According officials with the Harvest Hope Food Bank, it’s also a time when food donations tend to decrease since a lot of families…

Trustee: Governor requests and receives vote on former USC presidential candidate

(ABC Columbia/FILE) Columbia, S.C.  (WOLO)– USC Trustee Charles Williams tells ABC Columbia News Governor Henry McMaster has requested and received a vote on former USC presidential candidate Robert Caslen. Williams called the demand, “terrible” and does not know why the governor is getting involved. Williams says the vote is scheduled for Friday at 10am. The search for a new university…

$300,000 winning lottery ticket sold in Newberry

NEWBERRY, SC (WOLO) — Check your tickets! You may have a winning lottery ticket in your pocket worth thousands of dollars and not even know it. Officials with the South Carolina Education Lottery say someone out there is holding a lottery ticket worth $300 thousand dollars. Lottery officials say the lucky holder, entered in the drawing that was held Friday…