Free Pet Adoptions
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-The City Of Columbia Animal Shelter hopes you’ll take home a fur-ever friend this weekend.
The shelter is hosting military appreciation day tomorrow.
Local News
Irish electrical firm brings 250 jobs to Upstate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An Irish company that makes electrical equipment is building its first plant in the U.S. in Anderson County, employing about 250 people.
Park Ranger Honored for Heroic Rescue
At Saxe Gotha Elementary School the L.E.A.D. program is one way to teach students real life leadership skills. They certainly got that Friday morning in the person of Jared Gurtler, a U.S. Park Ranger lauded for rescuing a family lost in Congaree National Park in April.
Potential SC election law fix returned to Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The House has taken a new approach to passing a bill designed to prevent South Carolina’s elections from being thrown into chaos again.
USC event looks at poverty, nutrition connections
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Policy experts and researchers in the fields of food and poverty are discussing how to improve nutrition among the nation’s poor families.
Democrats discuss funding in superintendent debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In a televised debate, four Democratic candidates for schools superintendent discussed how to pay for school districts in South Carolina.
SC hails program cutting down on young prisoners
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Corrections is taking a moment to mark the accomplishments of a program that aims to cut down on youthful offenders in the state’s facilities.
Deputies warn of vehicle break-ins
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has a word of warning for drivers.
Sheriff: Guard sold inmate phone, charger for $125
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Richland County jail guard has been arrested after selling a cellphone and a charger to an inmate for $125.
Theft From Car On Two Notch Road.
Richland County (WOLO)- Richland County deputies are searching for a man they say was caught on camera stealing items from a car.
Investigators say this is surveillance video taken in the parking lot of Walgreens on Two Notch Road.
