COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – While the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump tops South Carolina’s ballot, voters will also choose whether U.S. Sen. Tim Scott and seven U.S. House incumbents return to Washington. Absentee voting has already broken the record previously set in 2012, when nearly 395,000 people voted absentee either in person or by mail. According to…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) –Authorities accuse a 37-year-old Columbia woman of strangling her mother and leaving her 82-year-old grandmother alone with the body. Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon announced Monday that Daphaney Smith is charged with murder as well as abuse of a vulnerable adult. He says investigators believe Smith killed her mother, 54-year-old Denise Hollingsworth, between last Tuesday and Sunday…
LEXINGTON, S.C.–According to Lexington County deputies, Lexington County Councilman Phillip Heyward Yarborough Jr. was arrested Sunday. Yarborough, 35, is charged with malicious injury to personal property, say authorities. Officials say Yarborough was arrested at his home off Palm Drive after deputies interviewed witnesses and determined he reportedly threw a rock at his father-in-law’s vehicle at the same location. Categories: Local…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The game time has been announced for Senior day, as the Gamecocks host the Western Carolina Catamounts at Williams Brice stadium. According to USC Athletics, The Gamecocks’ 2016 home finale on Saturday, November 19 has been set for 4 pm and the contest will be televised on the SEC Network Alternate channel. South Carolina owns a 4-0 record in…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– More than a year after October’s historic flooding we continue to see progress. The entrance to Botanical Parkway in West Columbia and Riverbanks Zoo is now open. The road had been closed after being devastated during the floods in October of 2015. Work on the area was faster than predicted, Lexington County Public Works officials were able…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Jury selection has been postponed in the federal case of a white man on trial for fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel opened Monday’s scheduled jury selection phase by saying he had a request from the lawyers for 22-year-old Dylann Roof that required the…
CNN– Get those resumes ready. Retailers are hiring seasonal workers. Nearly 740,000 expected according to a survey by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Chris. Who’s hiring the most? Here are the top 5: 1: MACY’S 2: JC PENNEY 3: OFFICE DEPOT/ OFFICE MAX 4: GAP 5: KOHL’S Categories: Local News, National News, News Tags: Seasonal Jobs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional spring dates on their 2017 North American Tour in support of their 11th studio album, the worldwide No. 1 The Getaway. As previously announced, The Getaway Tour kicks off January 5, 2017, in San Antonio, TX, and crisscrosses North America through mid-March. A spring leg of the tour…
Good Morning Columbia’s Grace Joyal and Rochelle Dean talk weekend box office results.
NICHOLS, S.C. (AP) – Nearly a month since floodwaters consumed the tiny South Carolina town of Nichols, few have returned. The fear is that many never will. A stew of contaminants stood inches to feet deep in homes for a week. As it receded, toxic black mold grew rampant, leaving nearly all of the town’s 261 homes uninhabitable. Few, if…
