COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Comet buses are going in a new direction. The Bus Line is changing routes and schedules. Officials say this is in an effort to reduce the number of hours worked and to stay within its fiscal budget. The changes will affect the Northwest, Northeast and Southeast areas. Officials say because they had to reduce the number of service by…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Curtis Wilson, Co-anchor of Good Morning Columbia , is live Thursday morning at the Hampton Prestion Mansion with Historic Columbia. Curtis is live in the field with his ‘Good Morning Curtis’ segments. Thursday, you can find Curtis with an inside look at the new Renovations and features, including the updated gardens. Join us each weekday…
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) — Orangeburg County Deputies say a suspect was caught on camera, authorities say that’s exactly what he decided to take. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says the suspect is caught on surveillance rummaging through the Lakeside Landscaping Company late Tuesday night. Authorities say at one point he looks directly in the camera before he decides to steal…
Two of the inmates who survived a deadly riot inside of the Lee Correctional Institution are now suing the prison claiming the facility was negligent and did not do enough to keep them safe.
A annual ceremony was held to honor the men and women in blue who have sworn to serve and protect us, often losing their lives protecting ours.
Irmo, S.C. (WOLO) – There is a new program at Irmo High that has students buzzing. A new class at Irmo High school allows students to see why bees are important to us and why they are important for our food. Peter Lauzon, a Science teacher at Irmo High, wanted to expose students to something unique by allowing them to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – Corrections officers at Lieber Correctional Institution in Dorchester County say they arrested a woman who tried to give cocaine and marijuana to an inmate. Sarah Elizabeth Fuller, 37, was taken into custody on Saturday at the prison. Investigators say during a visitation with an inmate, Fuller passed a cylinder shape object wrapped in black electrical tape to…
Sumter, S.C. (WOLO) – Anthony Dustin Dill, 32, who has been charged as an Accessory after the Fact of Murder in the killing of Jerry Lamar Johnson of Sumter, shouted obscenities at Magistrate Judge Larry Blanding during his First Appearance hearing in the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center on Wednesday and was escorted out of the courtroom. Dill could be…
A auto parts company is getting ready to expand by investing money and jobs in the local economy.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Thousands of teaching jobs are opening up this year and South Carolina has no one to fill them. The Teacher and Employee Retention Program, or TERI Program, ends this year, and many teachers will be walking away. However, the state does not have enough certified teachers to fill all the classrooms. A study shows nearly 6,500 teachers did…
