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DHEC offering Free testing for World Aids Day

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 is World Aids Day and State health officials are encouraging South Carolinians to get tested. According to DHEC, the 2018 World AIDS Day theme is “Know Your Status”. DHEC will hold free testing events in the Midlands, Upstate, and Pee Dee regions on Nov. 28, 2018, and in the Lowcountry on Nov. 29,…

Columbia’s Holiday on Ice rink at Columbiana Centre, we hit the ice

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)— Ice skating has returned to the Midlands. Columbia’s Holiday on Ice is now located in Columbiana Centre’s mall parking lot. It is located at Columbiana Centre from Thursday November 22nd up until Monday January 21st! The ice skating rink will be located outside of the mall at 155 Columbiana Circle and will operate at the following dates…

Former President George H.W. Bush has died at 94

(WOLO) – George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the United States died late Friday (11/30) night, according his family. The announcement was made on Twitter that the 94-year-old had died. The office of the former president said in a statement: “George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the United…

Complimentary tickets for USofC Akron game misinterpreted

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Contrary to what you may have heard, there are no free tickets available for the general public for the University of South Carolina game with Akron tomorrow. Earlier in the week the University offered tickets to various groups in the area that were intended for their use only. that was misinterpreted and members of the public…

Inmates used prison dairy farm, bread bakery, and the State House to smuggle in contraband

  COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Allegations of sophisticated, highly lucrative black market in the prisons– smuggling in drugs, tobacco and cell phones. Seventeen defendants faced a judge this morning for more than 106 charges. The prosecutor said inmates used multiple methods of smuggling contraband in, and distributing it to prisons across the state– including dairy farms and bakeries on prison grounds….