COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is set to outline his plans for the new year in his annual State of the City Address. The address will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. The public is invited to attend the State of the City. It will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street, in…
(CNN) – While it’s just cold in the midlands, right now millions of other Americans are under a winter storm warning, advisory, or watch. A large winter storm is set to bring rain, snow, sleet and even possible hazardous travel conditions. Categories: National News, News
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Monday thousands will converge on the State house grounds for the annual ‘King Day at the Dome’ ceremony. The event begins with a prayer service starting at 8:30AM. at the Zion Baptist Church on Washington Street. Then marchers will gather in front of the church and make their way to the State house for the ceremony…
“Funky” Leroy Harper, Jr. plays the saxophone with his band, the All Stars (WPDE). (WPDE)- 100 years ago, on January 17, Prohibition became the law of the land. The government’s goal was simple: keep liquor out of the people’s hands and promote morality among the general public. It wound up being one of the most spectacular backfires of the 20th…
MANNING, S.C. (WOLO) –The oldest man in Manning is set to celebrate a milestone birthday. Willie Spann, who was born in nearby Paxville on January 20, 1918, will turn 102 on Monday. When you remind Spann of his upcoming birthday, not even he can believe how far he has come. “102? I don’t know. I feel like I’m eighty,” Spann…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–The South Carolina State Museum is unveiling the secrets of one of the most revolutionary fictional detectives in history this weekend. On Saturday, January 18 ‘The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes’ will walk guests through the methods and inventions Holmes used to solved some of his era’s most mysterious crimes. Museum officials say ‘The International Exhibition of Sherlock…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Monday, hundreds are expected to gather on the steps of the South Carolina State House for the annual event to honor MLK Day. King Day at the Dome is set for Monday, January 20. This year, the SC NAACP says five of the 12 remaining Democratic Presidential Candidates are expected to attend the event. That includes,…
West Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — If you recognize the artwork of the Flintstones, the Rugrats or the Smurfs; you’ve seen the work of Ron Campbell. This weekend, the legendary cartoonist is in West Columbia. “I started making cartoons in Australia for American TV in 1959, and I stopped making cartoons here in the United States in 2008,” said Campbell, retired…
Kershaw Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Friday afternoon Kershaw Co. School District released surveillance video taken throughout the school of the EF2 tornado that tore through north central high school late Saturday night. No one was hurt. District officials tell us however that it could be years before students can return to the school. Categories: Digital Exclusives and Features, Kershaw,…
A Lexington County jury found a 25-year-old “validated gang member” guilty of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime on Thursday, officials say.
