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Five Points business owners donating proceeds to March of Dimes

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- November is prematurity awareness month and Five Points Association and some of its businesses are coming together to support Village Idiot Pizza owners Brian and Kelly Glynn. “We’re taking the opportunity to raise awareness and funding for the March of Dimes,”Amy Beth Franks, Five Points Association executive director said. “We dyed the fountain purple on Friday.” Proceeds from…

Camden teen will be honored at Rose Parade after donating his organs, saving 4 lives

On a week all about giving more and being thankful for what you have, how fitting it is to honor a young man who donated so much, even after his life was taken.

CAMDEN, S.C. (WOLO)– Three years ago a Camden teenager died in a car crash when the driver swerved out of the way for a deer. Tuesday, the Camden community came together to remember his legacy and add something new. They unveiled his Floragraph which will be on a float and shown to millions during the Rose Parade, all because of…

More former top SCE&G officials say bosses knew VC Summer would fail and lied to cover it up

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After weeks of dry presentations, two former top officials at a South Carolina utility who cost ratepayers billions in a failed nuclear project emotionally told regulators their warning signs to their bosses were ignored and they were asked to lie. “Their ego, greed and lack of integrity have cost ratepayers, stockholders and employees billions of dollars,”…