COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Legislators have elected South Carolina’s second black chief justice since Reconstruction. Associate Justice Don Beatty was the only person running to be the next chief justice of South Carolina. State lawmakers on Wednesday selected Beatty to replace Chief Justice Costa Pleicones (pluh-KOH’- nus), who must retire Dec. 31 because he’s reached the mandatory retirement age of…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A teen has been arrested Monday afternoon for allegedly carrying a handgun to school. Authorities say the parent of the W G Sanders Middle School student notified Richland County Sheriff’s Department Gang Investigators that he located a handgun in his son’s backpack just before school on May 23. Just before 1 p.m., during an investigation…
Matt Perron COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Five Points received the first set of new, blue recycling containers through the City of Columbia solid waste division’s recycling initiative. With the $5,000 grant by PalmettoPride, thirteen recycling containers will be installed along the sidewalks for public use in the city’s three hospitality districts to expand the recycling program beyond curbside collection. Officials say the Vista…
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — A silent auction taking place here in the Midlands is giving you a chance to get your hands on art that won’t cost you anything, but a bit of your time. This is the third year for the Time for Art event which aims to give young professionals to use volunteer hours like money to bid during…
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) – It’s going on three weeks since a 14-year-old Bluffton girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 26 in Calhoun County. The driver has not been arrested but The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports the victim’s mother says that driver has no place to hide. Heidi Hanson says she’s pleading with everyone to keep…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Hurricane season starts on June 1, and after last year’s historic flooding, it’s a good reminder to make sure your family is prepared for any disaster that strikes. “It’s definitely is going to raise the awareness in terms of what might happen if we get hit by a hurricane,” SC Emergency Management Division Director Kim…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A spokesperson for the Columbia Police Department says an officer was involved in a collision on I-126 at the Broad River Bridge. Police say Officer Pete Conklin was seriously injured and transported to a nearby hospital where he is recovering in the ICU following surgery. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol the Officer Conklin was investigating…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The hunt is on, as recent grads and students on summer break vie for part and full time employment On Tuesday the Columbia Police Department and Mayor Benjamin were in the community passing out applications for the Urban League’s Summer Work Experience Leadership Program. CPD is one of many entities city wide participating in this program…
We are working several Top Stories….. Out of the classroom and on the job. Columbia Police offer midlands teens a profitable way to stay out of trouble while they’re out of school. If you have a teen, you definitely don’t want to miss this story. And, rally for the right to choose. Supporters of planned parenthood make their voices…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Federal Prosecutors announced Tuesday they will seek the Death Penalty against accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof. In a statement released to ABC Columbia News Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch says “Following the department’s rigorous review process to thoroughly consider all relevant factual and legal issues, I have determined that the Justice Department will seek the death…
