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Housing & Health fair for displaced Allen-Benedict residents

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Housing Authority is teaming up with Prima Health to hold Housing & Health: A Community Resource Fair this Saturday April 27th, 2019. Organizers say the purpose of this event is to help give the hundreds of residents who were displaced free health screenings and assessments, empowerment seminars for the former residents. Those who attend…
Lexington, Local News, Sumter

National Drug Take Back Day events in Lexington & Sumter

ABC Columbia Staff,

Lexington/Sumter, SC (WOLO) — Local agencies are doing their part in the ongoing fight against the opioid crisis. This Saturday April 26th both the Lexington Police Department and the Sumter Police Department are holding events for National Drug Take Back Day. You can take your unused or expired medicine for safe disposal. Times for the events for this weekend are…
Local News, News, State

Lawmakers debate fetal heartbeat bill, impact on SC women

House Bill 3020 would prevent women from getting abortions after a fetus develops a heartbeat
Tim Scott,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — South Carolina lawmakers are discussing a bill that would make abortions illegal once a fetus’s heart starts beating. As several women waited outside the House chambers Wednesday morning, they say they were nervous about the fight going on inside. “Women are dying from childbirth. They’re not getting adequate child care. Women should have their choice because…