Margie Bright wins seat to replace slain Senator
Voters in South Carolina’s Lowcountry chose by overwhelming majority a new senator to fill the seat of Clementa Pinckney who was slain in the Charleston church shootings earlier this year.
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City of Columbia Green Space in Park closed due to Flood
City park Green Space closed due to flooding.
Watson throws for 3 TDs in No. 5 Clemson’s 34-17 victory
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Deshaun Watson passed for three touchdowns and a season-best 420 yards and No. 5 Clemson rolled against Boston College’s top-ranked defense for a 34-17 victory Saturday night.
SC unemployment falls to 5.7 percent, lowest since Feb. 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s unemployment rate has dropped from 6.0 percent to 5.7 percent, the fourth consecutive monthly decline.
18 more state roads and bridges reopen in SC after storm
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Crews are making steady progress reopening roads and bridges in South Carolina.
Springdale PD Investigate Hit and Run
Police in Springdale are looking for a suspect in a Tuesday morning hit and run involving a city employee.
Columbia Man Accused of Burning Child
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia police say a man is in custody after they say he placed a 7-year-old child in a scalding hot bathtub. Police Chief Skip Hollbrook says on October 7th Shane Johnson placed the child in the bathtub at a home on Easter St. and then waited two hours before taking the boy to the hospital. Investigators say…
Amazon Hiring 100K Seasonal Employees
On-line retailer Amazon announced today it will hire 100,000 seasonal employees for its distribution centers across the country including its West Columbia facility.
W. Columbia council members apologize for Mayor’s remarks
During the West Columbia City Council meeting Monday, council members began by apologizing to minority members of the community.
S.C. suffers season’s first flu-related deaths
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced that the state has suffered its first four flu-associated deaths of the season.
