Milken Award Surprises Recipient
A local teacher gets the surprise of a lifetime after she is awarded for work in the classroom.
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CPD: Man Shot Near Providence Hospital, Search for Suspect Underway
Columbia Police are investigating a shooting outside Providence Hospital.
While you shop for your family, thieves shop for them with YOUR money
While you shop for your family, thieves shop for them with YOUR money
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–As American’s woke up early on the Friday after Thanksgiving, kicking off another holiday shopping season, would-be identity thieves also started their shopping season…shopping for your money. According to IdentityTheft.info, nearly 15 million Americans become victims each year, to the tune of $50 billion dollars. John Drengenberg from Underwriter Laboratories says that there are several steps that people can…
Infant Identity Released, Babysitter Charged With Homicide
A woman was charged with great bodily injury to a child after allegedly violently assaulting a baby she was caring for.
Trial Begins for Charleston Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof
The federal death penalty trial is set to begin for 22-year-old Dylann Roof, who authorities say is responsible for killing nine people in a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year.
The Marines need YOU to help preserve the last 100 years
The Marines need YOU to help preserve the last 100 years
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–For well over eight decades, as many members of the United States Marine Corps have stormed beaches, fought hard, and protected the Country, there have been many other brave men and women, armed not with an M16A4, but a camera. Their mission: to catalog operations, significant moments in history, and even humane moments behind the USMC. This immense…
Expert Weighs in on Slager Mistrial
What it Could Mean for Other Officer-Involved Shootings
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- After over 20 hours of deliberation, the jury in the case of former police officer Michael Slager failed to reach a collective consensus. ABC Columbia spoke with USC Professor of Law Colin Miller to break down what the mistrial means. “We have to have a unanimous verdict whether that is guilty or not guilty and when you…
Industrial Accident Kills One, Injures Two
SANDY RUN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say one worker is dead and two other injured after a pipe with hot chemicals burst at a plant that makes plastics used in bottles in Calhoun County. Coroner Donnie Porth told media outlets that the solution used to make the plastic spewed on the workers around noon Tuesday at the DAK Americas plant…
Deputies: Employee Caught on Camera Stealing Keys, SUV
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested and charged a teen with grand larceny after allegedly being caught on surveillance video stealing an SUV.
Lexington Deputies Search for Missing Teen
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigators are searching for a Columbia teen who they say hasn’t been seen or heard from in more than three months.
