COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-The City of Columbia is kicking off Summer Camp and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is Recycling, these are just some of the Midlands happenings this week. In the City of Columbia, sign up has begun for the Drills and Skills event in the city. The Summer Sports Camps give children an opportunity to take part in everything…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Shots rang out early Sunday morning as a swat members entered an Orlando LGBT night club after gunman Omar Mateen opened fire claiming the lives of 49 victims. “This was an act of hate and of terror,” said President Barack Obama, Sunday afternoon. According to FBI Director James Comey the 29 year-old gunman spoke with 911…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley has vetoed a moped safety bill because it requires reflective vests for nighttime driving and helmets for drivers under 21. Haley says the mandates on adults represent government overreach. Sen. Greg Hembree of North Myrtle Beach says mopeds are the most dangerous vehicles on the highway. The former prosecutor has been pushing for…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Carowinds theme park on the North Carolina-South Carolina state line is operating normally after a second power outage in less than a week. Carowinds spokeswoman Laresa Thompson said Monday that the park was operating normally after power was restored. The power went out in part of the park shortly before noon Sunday. Thompson says those…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – ABC Columbia sat down with South Carolina Equality’s Director of Operations Jennifer Tague to discuss the group’s reaction to Sunday’s mass shooting in a gay Orlando nightclub. Categories: Local News, National News
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Capital Club, one of the state’s longest running gay bars, held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting Sunday night. Categories: Local News, News
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – In response to the tragedy in Orlando, Florida, Reformation Lutheran Church will hold a candlelight prayer vigil Monday at 6 p.m. The vigil is being organized in cooperation with South Carolina Equality, the South Carolina Gay and Lesbian Business Guild and the Harriett Hancock Center. It will be held in the church sanctuary located at 1118 Union Street…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Leaders of Columbia mosques and local Muslim community released a statement Sunday, expressing deep shock at the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida that left at least 50 people dead. “We strongly condemn this barbaric act against humanity,” said Chaudhry Sadiq, President, Peace and Integration Council of North America (PICNA) and President, Masjid Noor Ul Huda. “There can be…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Three congressional primaries will be up for grabs Tuesday including a closely watched race between a state legislator and an incumbent GOP congressman. That race has state Rep. Jenny Horne’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford in the Lowcountry. Sanford is a former governor who disappeared for five days in 2009, telling his staff he was hiking…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – While 39 legislators face primary challengers Tuesday, the spotlight will be on Republican Senate races that pit GOP Gov. Nikki Haley against many of her longtime allies. With two years left in her tenure, Haley is spending her time and political capital trying to oust several Republicans she sees as obstacles, including the state’s most powerful lawmaker,…
