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At Large Columbia City Council Members to Host Holiday Drop-In

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The City of Columbia’s At-Large Council Members want to hear from you this holiday. You can join Columbia City Council members Tameika Isaac Devine and Howard Duvall for a Holiday Drop-In. The event will be held on Wednesday, December 13th from 6pm until 8pm. It will take place at Di Prato’s on Pickens Street. Categories: Local News, News Tags:…

New Blood Pressure Guidelines and What you need to Know

CNN- Health- You may need to get your blood pressure checked. Based on new guidelines released by the American Heart Association this week, nearly half of all Americans are now considered to have high blood pressure. Mary Maloney has the information in this health minute. Categories: Local News, National News, News Tags: Health

4 Arrested after Bust at West Columbia “Major” Drug House

WRIGHT, AMIRCLE BERTELL FRASIER, SPENCER QUANAMAIN FAVOR, DEANDRE DEMORIS BROWN, RASHAUN BENJAMIN WEST COLUMBIA, SC (Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, WOLO) – Four people were arrested Tuesday (11/14) at a home in West Columbia where a house full of drugs and guns were found. The arrests were made after a search warrant was executed to make an arrest on just one…

Kingstree Police Dept. Reaches Settlement with Tazed 86 Year Old

Kingstree, S.C. (WOLO)–Dash camera video from the town of Kingstree Police Department shows officers taze 86 year old Albert Chatfield during an October 16th traffic stop. Attorney for Chatfield, Justin Bamberg, says the grandfather was in the intensive care unit for several weeks following the incident. As a result Chatfield sued the Kingstree Police Department which quickly settled with the…

SC Department of Workforce Releases October Jobless Numbers

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– More and more of your neighbors are finding work and it’s setting a new employment record in South Carolina. On Friday, The SC Department of Workforce and Employment released October numbers. The number of employed climbed more than 18 hundred in October, setting a record, according to the Department of Workforce. The number of employed increased by…