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The S.C. State Fair returns tomorrow “Stronger, Safer than ever”

The more than 150 year tradition is back, but with COVID still raging they are taking exstensive precautions

Courtesy: SC State Fair Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The fall season is finally here and that means that the 2021 South Carolina State Fair is less than a month away. Last year in 2020, like with many events, the annual tradition was forced to take a different approach in order to allow fair goers to celebrate safely without the risk…

Officer injured in prison incident

Lancaster Co., S.C. (WOLO)– A spokesperson for the SC Department of Corrections says an inmate at an Upstate prison assaulted a guard and held him against his will. Officials say it happened at Kershaw Correctional Institution in Lancaster County Monday. We’re told the inmate stabbed the corrections officer four times with a homemade weapon. Officials say no other inmates participated…

Southwest cancels hundreds more flights; passengers stranded

DALLAS (AP) – Southwest Airlines has canceled hundreds more flights following a weekend of major service disruptions that it blamed on bad weather and air traffic control issues. The pilots union accused the company of a botched response to what it said would have been a minor challenge for other airlines. The widespread interruption in service began shortly after the…