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Garnet and Black Spring Game Kickoff Changed for Final Four

Greg Brzozowski

Gamecock athletics announced on Monday that the Carolina football team will hold their annual Garnet and Black Spring Game Saturday earlier in the day, due to the men’s basketball team playing in their first Final Four. Kickoff at Williams-Brice Stadium was set for 2 p.m., now the athletics department stated the new start time will be at noon. After winning…
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Columbia Man Found Hiding in Leaves After Breaking Into Vacant Orangeburg Business

Kimberlei Davis

Bryan Marra ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Orangeburg County Sheriff’s deputies found a 41-year-old Columbia man hiding in some leaves over the weekend after a motorist reported suspicious activity near a former Orangeburg business. On March 26, Bryan Marra is accused of going to the former Ryan’s in Orangeburg, forcing his way into the vacant budiling and causing $10,000 in damages….
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Richland Two School Board Meeting, Input on Budget

Crysty Vaughan

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland Two School Board will hold a school board meeting on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. According to school officials, during the meeting a 5pm session will be held for public input on the 2017-2018 General Fund Budget. School officials say  following the Budget Input Session, the board will convene in executive session to discuss student, personnel and…
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Gamecocks still dreaming, still playing, onto Final Four

Mike Gillespie

NEW YORK CITY (WOLO) — The historic ride continues to new heights with new hardware to bring home to Columbia. For the first time in program history, the University of South Carolina men’s basketball team is going to the Final Four, off to Phoenix as champions of the East Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Seven-seed USC beat SEC rival, four-seed…
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Shooting Suspect Barricades Self Inside Columbia Mall

Alexis Frazier

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Richland County Deputies are on scene of a barricade situation at the Columbia Place Mall. Deputies responded to the mall on Two Notch road just before 8:00pm Sunday in reference to an alarm call. Upon arrival deputies discovered that shots were fired into a business. Deputies stayed on scene to clear the business and located a suspect…
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More Than 3K Raised to Send Gamecock Jesus to Final Four

Alexis Frazier

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Gamecock fans are helping send one super fan to Phoenix this weekend to watch a team he never stopped believing in compete in their first final four appearance. Carlton Thompson, also known as Gamecock Jesus, told ABC Columbia at the Universities Pep Rally that he wouldn’t be able to see the Gamecocks play in New York during…