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Red Flag Warning lifted for much of South Carolina

The Forestry Commission has lifted the Red Flag Warning for all but 14 counties across the State

  COLUMBIA: The South Carolina Forestry Commission lifts Red Flag Fire Alert except for Pee Dee counties.  According to the SCFC, decreasing wind speeds and wind gusts, combined with rising relative humidities, across much of the state, the fire activity and danger that prompted the Forestry Commission’s statewide alert has diminished. With the large number of uncontrolled fires in the…

Red Flag Fire Alert remains in effect until dry, windy conditions improve

SC Forestry Commission asks you not to do outdoor burning for the time being

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —- It may be warm outside which has many people looking to do a little Spring cleaning outdoors. If that consists of lighting a fire outdoors to clear debris you may want to rethink it now that The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert. ‼️REMINDER‼️ There is a statewide Red Flag…

SC DMV offers drivers with suspended licenses ‘Amnesty’

SCDMV's Amnesty Week runs from March 7-11, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — If you have a suspended driver’s license, this could be your lucky week. This week is the Department of Motor Vehicle’s ‘Amnesty Week ‘for those who have suspended licenses.  The South Carolina DMV says the program gives drivers who qualify the chance to get back on the road by having their licenses renewed earlier than their…

Deputies: catalytic converter thief caught in the act

Photo: LCSD Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Deputies in Lexington Co. say they responded to a business on St. Andrews Rd. after someone called 911 about a suspicious person in the parking lot. Investigators say when they arrived they found Maurice Oats under a truck trying to remove the catalytic converter. Deputies say they also found a power saw, saw blades,…