COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Advocates for the care and welfare of South Carolina’s children gathered at the State House Tuesday for Child Advocacy Day. Attorney General Alan Wilson, along with other local leaders want to put the focus on child abuse prevention, including awareness and prosecution of offenders. The goal of the Children’s Advocacy center is to bring the system together,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Wednesday many Midlands school districts will dismiss students early due to the potential for severe weather. Lexington One- Lexington County School District One will dismiss all Lexington One schools early tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Child development classes for 3-year-olds and 4-year-old kindergarten classes will not meet. Lexington One elementary schools will dismiss at 11 a.m.,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- If you watched the women’s national championship, you know the name A’ja Wilson but one man knew she would be a star long before she was in the national spotlight. “I just knew all along, she always proved her critics wrong and she’s continued doing that today,” said Coach John O’Cain of Heathwood Hall. O’Cain has known…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Fresh off her win as the Head Coach of the University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball National Champions, Dawn Staley says she’s just trying to get back to normal here at home. The biggest moment in Gamecock Basketball history has come and gone, but the celebration continues. Life has certainly changed for the head coach, Staley says…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – One of the State’s top Republicans announced she is running for Governor in 2018. Catherine Templeton made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. Templeton has run the State’s Labor Department and the Department of Health. In a release, Templeton says “I have never run for office, and I won’t run for the next one, but I can’t unsee…
Gov. Henry McMaster says he will veto bills that would increase the state’s gas tax and borrow money for a backlog of repairs at state-owned buildings.
Boeing Co. said on Tuesday it has signed a new, $3 billion deal with Iran’s Aseman Airlines to supply 30 737 MAX aircraft to the carrier, the first major sale by a U.S. company to the Islamic Republic under new President Donald Trump.
Two people familiar with the situation say South Carolina’s Kaela Davis and Allisha Gray have decided to enter the WNBA draft.
ABC Columbia has a list of events happening in and around the Midlands to help you get up and out this week.
UNION, SC (AP)– A South Carolina coroner says a 65-year-old man is dead after a storm toppled his mobile home. The Union County Coroner’s Office said Monday that J.C. Matthews Jr. was dead by the time emergency help arrived at the scene of his destroyed home in Whitmire. An autopsy is planned for Tuesday. Authorities say Matthews’ brother rushed to…
