Breaking : According to County health officials, in North Carolina, Brain-eating amoeba found at U.S. National Whitewater Center. The facilities to be closed by county health officials. From our sister station : WCCB Charlotte Link i… https://t.co/JIGUM55HTG https://t.co/MEbUun7aLd Background : WCCB Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An Ohio teen who recently visited the U.S. National Whitewater Center has died from an…
Forest Acres, S.C. (WOLO)– Dash cam video gives an first hand look at an officer involved shooting in Forest Acres. SLED released the video Friday morning showing the May 19th incident. The shooting took place after a Forest Acres police officer responded to a noise complaint in the Brookwood area. When the officer asked the suspect to stop, police say…
CONWAY, S.C. (AP) _ Coastal Carolina University’s board of trustees has approved a 3.29 percent increase in tuition and fees for the 2016-2017 academic year. University President David A. DeCenzo said in a news release Thursday that the new costs are largely brought about by a state-mandated 3.25 percent pay raise for all state employees, including the roughly 1,200 full-time…
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) _ The Army general in charge of Fort Jackson in South Carolina says the post is a model for other military organizations trying to expand training for women entering combat-related jobs. Maj. Gen. Roger Cloutier says he’s sorry he has to leave Fort Jackson, but must move on to the organization that oversees Army…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Allen University in Columbia has reclaimed part of its past. The historically black university in Columbia on Friday is officially reopening its historic Chappell Auditorium after the facility underwent a $3 million interior renovation. The building dates to 1925 and is one of the oldest buildings on the Allen campus. During the Jim Crow era, the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – ABC Columbia News has learned that the wastewater discharge into the Saluda River from Carolina Water Service’s Interstate 20 location continues, despite intense public backlash and DHEC issuing its intent to deny the renewal of the discharge permit nearly ten months ago. DHEC spokesman Robert Yanity said the agency is in the process of following through…
Donald Shavell Ward (ASGDC) COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – A suspect wanted for attempted murder is behind bars after allegedly barricading himself in an apartment complex Wednesday. Donald Shavell Ward, 28, was wanted by the Columbia Police Department for allegedly shooting a man during an armed robbery on House Street in December of 2014. Ward is also charged with armed robbery, and possession…
Columbia, SC. (WOLO) — Governor Nikki Haley has received the second ethics bill she requested and is now gearing up to sign it into law later today. Watch to see how the two ethics bills will change the workings of South Carolina Government. Categories: Local News, News Tags: ethics, Haley
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) – The U.S. Education Department says a South Carolina school district has agreed to let a transgender elementary student use the restroom with which she identifies. The Department’s Office for Civil Rights said in a statement that Dorchester District 2 had violated Title IX, which protects students from sex-based discrimination. The office said the district originally had…
Coming up at 11 on ABC Columbia News: Emotions run high on the House floor in the nation’s capitol as Democrats stage an unprecedented, historic sit-in. Chanting “No bill, no break” they are hoping to force the hand of the Republican-controlled House to vote on a gun reform bill in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting. Moments ago they…
