COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The Columbia Fire department continues to investigate a house fire that caused $300,000 worth of damages Saturday night. Fire crews responded to a two-story home on 2227 Wheat Street a little after 6:00p.m. Officials say flames and smoke can be seen when they arrived on scene. One person has been displaced, however no one was injured. …
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Supporters say a South Carolina bill that lets football stadiums bypass international building codes stops taxpayers’ money from being flushed down too many toilets. The bill approved 101-0 by the House last week reduces the number of restrooms required in newly built or renovated stadiums for middle and high school sports. Sponsoring GOP Rep. Anne Thayer…
ROWESVILLE, S.C. (AP) – A suspicious fire destroyed more than a dozen cabins at a South Carolina campground where Methodists have gathered for religious getaways for about two centuries. The Times and Democrat or Orangeburg reports that the fire consumed about 15 of the 36 cabins at the Cattle Creek Campground on Friday night. The church on the grounds was…
LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- The Thompson Funeral Homes in Lexington held a pep rally luncheon for this year’s ‘Walk Like MADD’ event. The event had special guest speakers including Steven Burritt, the MADD program director and Lexington mayor Steve MacDougall as well as those who walked in the past years. “It’s just too simple to prevent a DUI death,” Volunteer Chair, Patricia…
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One person is dead after their car ran off the road and crashed into a tree and a barn Sunday morning. Troopers say the fatal wreck happened at 9:18a.m. on SC 56, just two miles south of Chappells. The driver of a 2005 Dodge SUV was traveling north on SC 56 when it ran off the…
COLUMBIA, S.C (WOLO)– Rain turned to snow early Sunday morning, blanketing parts of the Midlands. Snow could be seen falling in parts of the Northwest Midlands , including Irmo and Ballentine. As far as Sumter, residents were reporting seeing flakes falling Sunday around 8am. Rain and snow fell between the hours of 8am and 10am, but there was no significant…
COLUMBIA, SC (ABC NEWS)-Wal-mart is making sure everybody gets to celebrate a birthday, by declaring March 12th “Everybody’s Birthday.” The retail giant will be giving away 3 million cupcakes nationwide to celebrate everyone’s birthday. All you have to do is visit a Wal-Mart Supercenter between the hours of 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday for your cupcake. You don’t…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– There is the possibility of snow Sunday morning in parts of South Carolina and even the Northern Midlands. Chief Meteorologist John Farley is tracking the weather as it moves into the Midlands. Some accumulating snowfall could be expected early Sunday morning. The system is expected to bring snow and accumulation across Western North Carolina and into South…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Elected officials in South Carolina who commit felonies could be ordered to pay the costs of special elections needed to replace them under a new proposal. The State of Columbia reports the measure put forth by Rep. Mike Fanning on Thursday would authorize solicitors to seek the restitution and judges to order it. The Fairfield Democrat…
CLINTON, S.C. (AP)- Laurens County officers responding to a call about a woman having a heart attack instead found a woman who had been fatally shot. Deputies tell local media outlets they got a call at around 4 p.m. Friday about a woman in cardiac arrest in a home in Clinton. Officers found an unresponsive woman with apparent gunshot wounds…
