COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The State Superintendent of education, Molly Spearman, announced that the 2018 South Carolina teacher of the year is Erin Fox. Fox is an English teacher at Gaffney Senior High School in the Cherokee County school district. Fox pulls from her dramatic, dance and musical background to create dynamic lessons and units for her students. The teacher of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Unseasonably warm weather has allowed people to get outside more often this year. That may explain why reports of snake bites have increased 30 percent in South Carolina from this time a year ago. Jill Michels, Managing Director for the Palmetto Poison Center (PPC) in Columbia, says her agency often consults hospitals and the general public on…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Members of the House of Representatives voted to stick with their version of the roads bill sending it to a conference committee. Members voted 107 to 7 not to concur with the Senate’s version of the roads bill. Later, the Senate insisted on keeping their version of the bill and selected three senators to serve on the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -Two men have been arrested after authorities say they tried to fly drones carrying contraband materials into a medium-security South Carolina prison. Warrants provided to The Associated Press show two men were arrested overnight Tuesday near Kershaw Correctional Institution in Lancaster County. It’s the second case where people have been charged for trying to use a drone…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The Primary results in the seat to replace former Congressman Mick Mulvaney is now a race involving three candidates. In Tuesday’s Primary Vote, Archie Parnell won the democratic nomination with 74 percent of the vote. Parnell will face the winner of the Republican runoff. Tommy Pope and former state Rep. Ralph Norman will have a runoff slated for May…
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has ruled that the state can continue to require teens convicted of serious sex crimes to register on the sex offender list released to the public.
Gov. Henry McMaster will give the commencement speech at South Carolina State University.
The House has rejected the Senate’s proposal for funding road construction in South Carolina, setting up a legislative panel to try to compromise between the chambers’ differing plans.
Daniel Harris/ASGDC RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A 22-year-old man accused of spitting on a elderly man is in custody. Daniel Harris turned himself into investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday and is charged with assault. On April 14, deputies say Harris spit on the back of the victim’s neck in the parking lot the BP gas station…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a black male who is accused of stealing a hat and then punched a store employee who tried to intervene. Just after 2 p.m. on March 5 at the Belk department store located at 670 Promenade Place, the suspect is seen on video surveillance stealing a Polo hat…
