(CNN) – Microsoft is going green. The software giant is investing one billion dollars to help develop clean technologies. The company has committed to eliminating its carbon footprint by more than half just this year. Some steps it will take include buying enough renewable energy to offset 100% of its electricity consumption by 2025. The company also said it will…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — the 2020 relay for life season is officially under way. Thursday, The American Cancer Society held it’s kick off event at Stonebridge Gardens. The organization met with vendors, host organizations and participants to talk about this years theme, ‘the Eighties’ and to kick off fundraising efforts. There will be more than 10 different Relay for Life…
(CNN) —Boeing has announced there were more cancellations than new orders in 2019. The company reported its final order numbers and deliveries for 2019 this week. Total orders for commercial jets last year fell by 87 jets and deliveries also tumbled 53% percent from 806 to 380. Boeing says much of that is due to the grounding of the 737…
(CNN) — health officials say the e-coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce has finally ended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the the outbreak, that started in September, ended Wednesday. The romaine lettuce, grown in Salinas, California, infected 167 people across 27 states and hospitalized 85 others. No deaths have…
Sumter, SC (WOLO) –A fourth teen has been taken into custody in connection with a deadly shooting that took place on Dingle Street back in September. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Department tells ABC Columbia News, the 16 year old , who is not being identified because of his age, is now charged with Murder, Burglary in the First Degree, and…
Image Lexington Police Department Lexington, SC (WOLO) — Lexington police say a month long drug investigation has led to the arrest of 18 year old Arden Blaize Breazeale, accused of selling drugs to an undercover informant on several occasions. Authorities say they began their investigation after complaints about drug activity along Belhaven Lane located in the Martin’s Grove neighborhood just…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –With officer-involved shootings on the rise across the state, the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy is equipping students with the skills to de-escalate situations involving active shooters. According to the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), there have been 47 officer-involved shootings in South Carolina since the start of 2019. So far in 2020, there have been two:…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Executive Director of Columbia Housing says buildings on the Allen Benedict Court site could be demolished within the next few months. Ivory Mathews says the demolition date will be determined once they get the results of an environmental assessment, which is set to be finished by the end of the month. This comes after two…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Midwives in South Carolina are hoping legislators adopt a new bill that would give their mothers equal hospital access, should something go wrong with their home delivery. Three different midwife groups from around South Carolina were at the State House Thursday to bring attention to this issue. “A midwife is a professional who takes care of…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Prisma Health is laying off more than 300 people. Officials announced on Thursday that they will be cutting 327 employees from the workforce. Prisma Health employs 32,000, according to officials. According to officials, they have already eliminated 200 positions through attrition, vacancies and consolidation, since October. In a release, officials said the 327 employees will be…
