MINEOA, N.Y. (AP) Police say the 64-year-old father of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York. The Nassau County Police Department says Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going. Maraj was taken to…
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Sunday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 2,735 new cases of COVID-19 in the state and 76 new deaths. South Carolina now has a total of 426,580 cases since the pandemic began and 7,149 total deaths. Of the 38,842 most recent tests taken, DHEC reports 11.4% of them came back positive. Categories: Local News,…
AP: The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump in his impeachment trial. The rare Saturday session comes barely one month since the deadly Jan. 6 siege at the U.S. Capitol. The vote was 57-43, with seven Republicans joining all 50 Democrats. Prosecutors said Trump was the inciter in chief whose rally cry to fight like hell for his presidency unleashed the…
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Saturday, the Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 1,561 new cases of COVID-19 in our state. 13 South Carolinians have died. According to DHEC, South Carolina has a total of 423,711 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began, and 7,072 total deaths. DHEC reports of the 34,617 most recent tests taken, 6.4% were reported positive. The state currently…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina economists have decided to make no changes to 3-month-old revenue estimates because COVID-19 is still causing so much uncertainty in the economy. The state Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office said Friday that revenues in South Carolina have grown nearly 5% since the fiscal year started in July. Officials had predicted a 3.5% decline. That…
LORIS, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a driver shot and killed another driver after a road rage incident at a South Carolina gas station. Loris Police said the shooting happened Thursday afternoon after one driver came out of his pickup truck with a knife and opened the door of the other truck. Police say the driver with the gun fired…
If love isn’t exactly in the air for you this Valentine’s Day, here’s a unique gift that could maybe offer up some revenge. The Greenville Zoo is letting people name a cockroach after someone you’d rather forget!
The family of a Clarendon County man is offering a reward to anyone who can help solve their loved one’s murder.
The Midlands doesn’t seem like it’s going to get snow anytime soon, so EdVenture Children’s Museum Columbia is bringing their own snowy experience. Bundle up and head to EdVenture Columbia for snowy fun, featuring indoor snow tubing, sock ice hockey and new snow science experiments.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department Valentine Blood Drive was a success Friday.
