Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – SCDOT announced a proposal for a widening project that would help ease traffic flow and maximize roadways on I-26 today (3/13). The I-26 widening project will bring improvements to a 16 mile long section of the I-26 corridor design, according to SCDOT Program Manager, Michael Hood. Improvements would take place from 1.6 miles west of the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A 65-year-old man trapped under a car is rescued by an unlikely hero. Allen Clemmons, says he is thankful a young boy happened to hear his last cry for help. Clemmons said it felt like forever he was stuck under his car and just when he was asking God for the strength to call out one last time,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- President Trump’s infrastructure plan was the talk Tuesday at a statehouse round table and it could mean money for roads. President Trump is proposing a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that would be partially funded using federal dollars.” “What the president has done has basically proposed a framework without really writing the specific legislative language. The administration is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina inmate says the state’s prisons agency is subjecting inmates to cruel and unusual punishment by not testing them for a potentially fatal liver disease. Attorneys for Russell Geissler filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the South Carolina Department of Corrections of violating inmates’ rights by not testing them for hepatitis C. The Corrections…
SUMTER, SC (WOLO) – An autopsy has determined that skeletal remains found in Sumter were of a 55-60-year-old white male, according to the Sumter Police Department. #BREAKING Skeletal remains found in Sumter by children playing in a wooded area are of a 55-60 year old white man. Identity and cause of death not yet confirmed. #SCnews pic.twitter.com/oxiF8rtCfa — Josh Berry…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers are entering their second day of deliberations over the state’s $8.2 billion budget plan. The House resumed floor debate Tuesday morning. Lawmakers on Monday approved dozens of sections of the budget by large margins and without debate. Other sections to which amendments had been made were skipped over. Legislators voted 47-38 to freeze…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Richland County Deputies were kept on their toes with three armed robberies Sunday night. Now RCSD is asking businesses to be on the lookout and giving tips on how to make sure they are safe. “There’s a feeling and a pattern to two of them. That we feel are probably connected because they had kind of the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s jobless rate inched up slightly in January, even as the state’s employment continued to rise. The Department of Employment and Workforce said in a news release Monday that the unemployment rate last month was 4.3 percent. That’s up from a revised 4.2 percent in December. Nationally, unemployment was unchanged at 4.1. The state reported…
The deadline to submit your Hospitality Grant application is fast approaching, so the City of Columbia is hosting a workshop for ensuring applicants understand the process.
One student was transported to the hospital as a precaution, Tuesday morning, after a bus headed to Gilbert schools was involved in an accident, Lexington School District One officials said.
