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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on restaurant industry

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants across the state and nation have and are still taking a financial hit.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants across the state and nation have and are still taking a financial hit. As the pandemic continues, restaurant owners have also had to work on finding safe and sustainable ways to keep serving. One of the biggest challenges of the pandemic is that it’s constantly evolving. Restaurants were…

Official: Charges dropped against 27 Charleston protesters

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – An official says charges have been dropped against dozens of protesters arrested May 31 during demonstrations in Charleston, South Carolina, against racism and police brutality. News outlets report the charges filed against 27 protesters were for curfew violations or failure to disperse. Police arrested a total of 41 people that night. Charges for those accused of…

Man pleads guilty after slapping reporter’s rear on live TV

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man who was seen slapping a female reporter’s rear on live TV has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery. Court records show Thomas Callaway was sentenced to a year on probation and fined $1,000 by a Savannah judge who accepted his plea Tuesday. Callaway was charged in December after he swatted…

Woman found unconscious, severely beaten at area motel

Kersahw County deputies say the men believed to be involved remain on the loose

Kershaw Co., SC (WOLO) — Kershaw County deputies are searching for the two men you see in these photos– wanted in connection to an assault at the Travel Inn in Lugoff. Deputies say both were seen close to the location around the time of the assault. Authorities also say the two men were last seen driving a blue Dodge Ram…

COVID 19 numbers at UofSC continue to grow

(Courtesy: UofSC/Twitter) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The number of coronavirus cases continues to grow exponentially on the University of South Carolina campus. According to the university’s on-line COVID-19 tracker there are now more than one thousand active cases on campus. Just a day earlier there were around 600. Only nine of those are faculty members. Since August 1st the university says…