Facebook Activates Safety Check
The Social Media network Facebook has activated their Safety Check for anyone looking for family and friends in the path of Hurricane Harvey.
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One Person Injured in Mobile Home Fire Near Red Bank
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – One person was injured in a fire that broke out at a mobile home near Red Bank this weekend, Lexington County reported. Lexington County Fire Service and EMS were dispatched to the home in the 100 block of Pinestraw Circle around 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Upon starting to attack the flames, officials said they noticed the…
Donate Your Eclipse Glasses, Get a Museum Discount
S.C. State Museum to Begin Collecting Eclipse Glasses on Sept. 1
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- If you find yourself wondering what to do with leftover glasses from the Total Solar Eclipse, the South Carolina State Museum has a solution that will save you money and help others. Starting September 1st, the State Museum is offering a two dollar discount to folks who bring in their gently used or new solar eclipse glasses….
State Emergency Management Division Monitoring Tropical Storm System
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The S.C. Emergency Management Division is closely monitoring a tropical storm system that could affect part of the state’s coastline. “There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the forecasts,” SCEMD Director Kim Stenson said “If it looks like this storm is going to affect South Carolina we want everyone to be ready. Now would be…
Thieves Wanted for Stealing $25,000 Worth of Lawn Equipment
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Multiple suspects are wanted in connection to a theft at Green Earth Services early Monday morning. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said the thieves broke into multiple landscaping trucks on the property at 7426 Fairfield Rd. around 2 a.m., stealing approximately $25,000 worth of STIHL lawn equipment. Deputies said the stolen goods include blowers, edgers…
Search for Cayce Missing Teen
A teenage girl missing for nearly a week prompts search and a plea for the public’s help.
Memorial Held for Chef Shot and Killed in Charleston
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WOLO) – A memorial for the victim of a deadly hostage situation in Charleston was held Sunday. Anthony Shane Whiddon was shot and killed Thursday inside the restaurant ‘Virginia’s on King’. Whiddon was the Executive Chef there. Flowers were seen outside of the restaurant as mourners paid their respects. Also, in just two days a Go-Fund-Me for his…
Tropical Storm Watch Issued For Parts of Coastal Carolinas
(Source: National Hurricane Center) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch for parts of North and South Carolina. An advisory issued at 5 p.m. Sunday says the watch stretches up the coast from the South Santee River north of McClellanville in South Carolina to Duck, North Carolina, in the northern Outer Banks. The…
SC Red Cross Deploys Volunteers to Assist with Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)— Volunteers and staff with the South Carolina Red Cross were sent to Texas to help assist people affect by Hurricane Harvey. Tropical Storm Harvey is being called the most deadly and devastating hurricane forecast to strike the United States in over a decade. The Red Cross has mobilized thousands of trained Red Cross disaster relief workers, truckloads…
Lexington County Coroner Identifies Victim in Fatal Moped Crash
LEXINGTON COUNTY,SC (WOLO)-The Lexington County Coroner has identified the person who died when a moped was struck by a pickup truck. The crash happened at 2:10am on US 321 near Toole Smith Road in Lexington County. According to Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, Jessica Lynn Dunn, 26, was thrown off the moped that was hit from behind by a 2005…
