Its “Business as usual in the Vista. Members of the Vista Guild say not much has changed since Saturday’s shooting. The group says they’re top priority is making sure residents and visitors feel safe. “We have been business as usual,” Meredith Atkinson, executive director of Vista Guild said. “Things are going fine. Business doesn’t seem to be affected but what…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Richland County deputies are investigating a gas station shooting that sent a teenager to the hospital. Deputies say it happened just before 11:00 p.m. Friday (9/15) night at the Citgo in the 7600 block of Garners Ferry Road. Deputies say shots were fired in the gas station’s parking lot. One of the bullets hit a…
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Police say the shootout started around 2 a.m. Saturday outside the Empire Supper Club on Lady Street. The city shut that club down after police deemed it a public nuisance shortly after the shooting. The building is still padlocked and the owner said he thinks is unfair since the shooting happened outside of his business. …
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Police continue to investigate the shooting in the Vista early Saturday morning. Monday, Columbia’s Police Department and multiple other agencies met to discuss updates in the case that left eight people injured. Police say two groups exchanged gun fire. They named four suspects. Two remain behind bars after bond was denied. A third suspect was granted bond, he…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Retiring Santee Cooper President Lonnie Carter said he knew he was at his wits end with Westinghouse three years ago. “I gave up on them in ’14,” began Carter. “I would tell our team, these guys would tell us stuff and you couldn’t rely on them. So you only need to believe what they physically present.” That…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Prices at the pump have fallen around 4 cents a gallon in the past week. According to GasBuddy, Midands drivers are paying around $2.49 per gallon. The national average has fallen 4.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.60 a gallon. According to GasBuddy, South Carolina’s average is $2.50 a gallon, down from $2.55 last week….
Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– After pictures of the Gainseville, Florida Police Department officers went viral, law enforcement agencies across the country began showing off their personnel in the Hot Cops Challenge. Monday the Richland Co. Sheriff’s Department released a photo featuring some of its female deputies. Sheriff Leon Lott says that the deputies represent the department where it is our mission,…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)– Officers with the Lexington Police Department say Christopher Raines is charged with Unlawful Communication. Police say Raines, who also performs as a musician under the name AJ Blues, made a series of threatening posts on his social media pages. In the posts, investigators say Raines makes several threats of violence against students and also made reference to…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)–A teen has been arrested and charged in connection with a murder in a Columbia neighborhood. Lexington County Deputies say 19 year old Isaac Hidalgo is charged in the shooting of 36 year old Justin Simons. Deputies say Hidalgo shot Simons in his front yard off Stirlington road last night. Investigators say the two knew each other from drug…
Senators from a committee investigating the failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Project, are question executives from the involved utility companies, Monday.
