COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina’s Governor is celebrating the Coastal Carolina University National Championship win, by placing the CCU Flag atop the State House Dome. Thursday Governor Nikki Haley was on hand to cheer and honor the CCU National Championship win, Haley says South Carolina is so proud. Coastal Carolina took home the 2016 baseball national championship Thursday afternoon, after…
Coastal Carolina players celebrate their 4-3 victory over Arizona to win the championship after Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, June 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Coastal Carolina coach Gary Gilmore often said he just wanted his team to reach the College World Series. Until this week, he…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – State agents say they have arrested the Calhoun County coroner after he used his badge and gun to intimidate boaters racing on the Congaree River last year. The State Law Enforcement Division said 61-year-old Donnie Porth isn’t licensed to carry a concealed weapon and the county has no policy about the coroner carrying a gun. Agents…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A judge is considering whether South Carolina’s lawsuit against the federal government over an unfinished project to turn old plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel should be dismissed. South Carolina is suing the U.S. Department of Energy over the mixed oxide fuel project at the Savannah River Site. Attorney Randy Lowell said at a hearing Thursday…
Ervin Belk/Provided FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – UPDATE : Authorities with the Fairfield County’s Sheriff’s Office say they have found a missing 84-year-old man, safe. Ervin Belk suffers from dementia and was last seen leaving on June 27 after he left his doctor’s appointment in Blythewood, authorities say. Investigators say Belk was last seen in a blue Dodge Dakota pick-up…
RCSD RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A man went to the Killian Road Walmart looking for the five-finger discount authorities say. Just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, the suspect allegedly stole a laptop and a flat screen television valued at over $1,000. The suspect is in his late to 40’s early 50’s and was seen on surveillance video wearing a white…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for at least two suspects who stole thousands of dollars in merchandise from an area craft store. Just after midnight on Wednesday, June 22 at the Hobby Town USA located at 10120 Two Notch Road, the suspects broke the front glass window of the business and stole model helicopters and…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – With the summer driving season here and the Fourth of July weekend approaching, AAA Carolinas is urging motorists to avoid distracted driving. The motor club based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is launching a new safety campaign even as new research finds that distracted driving, especially using cellphones, can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. The…
Good Morning Columbia’s Rochelle Dean and Grace Joyal bring you the “Morning Menu,” a guide to what’s on tap for you this Thursday. Categories: Local News
ELGIN, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Department wants to make sure kids keep moving this summer, with their body and their mind. Sheriff Leon Lott and some of his deputies stopped by Genova Karate in Elgin Tuesday to get a group of camp kids inspired. Categories: Local News, News, Richland
