State government offices are closed today to mark Confederate Memorial Day. Some local government offices are also closed in observation of the holiday that is held every year on May 10.
South Carolina road crews are getting ready for the first of a five-part, $1.7 billion project to untangle where Interstates 20, 26 and 126 meet west of downtown Columbia. The project is being called Carolina Crossroads and is scheduled to last through 2029.
The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a driver was killed on Nelson’s Ferry Road after a vehicle overturned on Sunday.
A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said.
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Sunday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 378 new cases of COVID-19, and 203 probable cases. South Carolina has now reported a total of 485,766 cases since the pandemic began. Another 8 deaths were also reported Sunday, now bringing the total number of deaths due to the virus in the state to 8,444. 5.7% of the…
COLUMBIA (WOLO): A Columbia man has been arrested and faces multiple charges after officials say he rear-ended a dirt bike, killing the driver, and left the scene. The South Carolina Highway Patrol says the crash happened on Friday, May 7th around 10:30 p.m. on Fairfield Road near Crawford Road. 27-year-old Jacobi Green was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado on Fairfield…
CAMDEN, S.C. (WOLO): Officers with the Camden Police Department say a standoff with a suspect at a Camden motel ended peacefully Saturday. Officials say officers safely negotiated the surrender and arrest of a man who locked himself in a room at the Mona Lisa motel located on Dekalb Street, after an incident happened involving shots fired. No injuries were reported….
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Sunday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control announced an additional 425 cases of COVID-19. Another 19 deaths have also been reported. South Carolina has now reported 485,387 total cases and 8,438 total deaths. DHEC also reports a 3.4% positivity rate. Categories: Local News, State Tags: COVID-19, DHEC
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina are praising the governor for ending federal unemployment assistance participation. Senator Graham says he agrees with the Governor that the federal unemployment benefits have discouraged people to return to work, and says it ‘s now time for that program to come to an end. Graham went…
Myrtle Beach, SC (WPDE) — Governor Henry McMaster says it’s time to get people back to work. Effective June 30th the South Carolina’s Governor has ordered the Department of Unemployment (DEW) to stop all federal pandemic unemployment programs. There are now some very different reactions to the order. One business owner says she now sees the end to the employee…
