Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)– The Attorney General’s Office says a Sumter man distributed child pornography. Alan Wilson says Loyal Thompson was arrested October 19th and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. If convicted, Thompson faces up to ten years in prison. Categories: Local News, News, Sumter
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Firefighters say six homes were damaged after a fire spread through a Northeast Columbia neighborhood. A spokesperson for the fire department says the fire began at this home on Brickingham Way and damaged the surrounding homes. No injuries were reported. The cause remains under investigation. Categories: Local News, News, Richland
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- The debate over who is at fault and ultimately responsible for reimbursements to a Lil Wayne concert continued officially in court Thursday afternoon. Representatives for Colonial Life Arena (CLA) and concert promoters appeared before a judge who gave them more time to work things out among themselves. Judge DeAndrea Benjamin gave both the representatives of Colonial Life…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The last full weekend of the SC State Fair is underway and the midway is packed. The State Fair runs through Sunday, October 22. Plenty of fair goers are taking advantage of the weather to check it out. You can join ABC Columbia at the SC State Fair on Friday. We’ll be broadcasting our 6pm news, so stop…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)— Famously Hot South Carolina Pride Parade & Festival returns in its 28th year on Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21, signaling the first two-day festival for the organization. Rapper Lil’ Kim will headline the first night time Parade in Columbia, where the organization promises to “Light Up the Night.” The parade runs down Main Street from Richland to…
In a battle of unbeatens Thursday night, Newberry suffered its first loss of the season, in a 53-34 loss to Chapman in the upstate.
A man is sentenced to life in prison for the shooting death of a Lexington man shot and killed during a 2015 murder robbery.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – State auditors are criticizing the governing board of South Carolina’s military college for a lack of diversity, secret meetings and being too involved in cadet discipline. A report on The Citadel was released Wednesday by the Legislative Audit Council. Greenville Rep. Dwight Loftis had asked auditors last year to determine whether Citadel President John Rosa had…
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department continues searching for suspects accused of shooting at a man after he refused to get in their car.
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– The company Love Your Melon has donated $2.6 million to pediatric cancer research and more than 110,000 hats to children with childhood cancers. Thursday, on “Love Your Melon Day”, they gave out 10-thousand beanies to 150 hospitals across the nation. One of the hospitals a Love Your Melon Crew visited was Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. “We need an…
