Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Richland County is getting its penny tax revenue back. Wednesday Judge Thomas Cooper notified the Department of Revenue it was required to release the funds. The announcement is the result of a lawsuit filed by the county after the DOR withheld the penny tax proceeds and accused the county of misappropriating the funds. Categories: Local News, News, Richland
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – Following a meeting of the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees Wednesday, James E. Clark has been named the school’s next president. The announcement was made by Board Chair Charles S. Way Jr., Clark will serve a four-year term. His appointment is begins July 1. Clark is a graduate of M.I.T. and the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management,…
Adriel Morgan ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) – A 32-year-old Orangeburg man who was offered a ride home is now charged with robbing the Good Samaritan at gunpoint. Orangeburg County Magistrate Peggy Doremus denied bond on Adriel Morgan who is accused taking the victim’s phone and wallet after she saw Morgan walking along Joe Jeffords Highway and offered him a ride. The woman told…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The Legislature’s court-ordered report on fixing South Carolina’s education system points to budget increases and four new laws passed this year, including one asking college students what would entice them to teach in poor districts. The state Supreme Court gave legislators a June deadline for developing a plan to improve South Carolina schools, after ruling in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Columbia Fireflies will host Special Olympics Night at Spirit Communications Park on Sunday, July 17. The Fireflies will host the Rome Braves for the 5 p.m. game. Proceeds from pre-sold tickets will be donated to Special Olympics South Carolina. Tickets are $9 and kids 3 and under are free. The deadline to order tickets is Friday, July…
A worker walks past a Toyota car at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. Toyota is recalling 1.43 million vehicles globally for defective air bags that aren’t part of the massive recalls of Takata air bags, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Toyota is recalling 1.43 million vehicles globally for defective air bags, although it…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – As the holiday weekend approaches and you prepare family celebrations with picnics and barbecues, please be reminded that government offices will be closed. City of Columbia offices will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2016 in observance of Independence Day. Garbage, recycling and yard waste scheduled for Monday, July 4 will be collected onTuesday, July 5. Garbage,…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Two men are behind bars after deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department allegedly found the pair with three underage girls. Authorities say the mother of one of the teenage girls said her daughter ran away from home a week ago. Kristopher Davis, 25, wss charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and Geordi Heyward,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Controversial Sen. Lee Bright who sponsored a transgender bathroom bill that failed in South Carolina has been defeated in a GOP primary runoff. The Roebuck Republican was the only incumbent publicly opposed by the state Chamber of Commerce’s political committee, which ran several radio ads against him. The ads criticized Bright’s bill as a time-wasting political…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee was defeated in Tuesday’s primary runoff by former state Rep. Rex Rice. Pickens County voters first elected Martin to the state House in 1978, then the Senate in 1992. He has led the Judiciary Committee since 2012. Martin came in first in the four-way primary two weeks ago…
