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Local Living: Candlelight Tours, Carriage rides and Drive through Lights

Crysty Vaughan takes a look at some of the Holiday Happenings in Local Living
Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– If you would like to take a walk back in time for this holiday season, Historic Columbia is offering Candlelight Tours of the Robert Mills House and the Hampton Preston Mansion. The event includes live music, children’s activities, and hot chocolate. The tours cost $15 for adults and take place Saturday, December 14, 5:30 – 9 p.m….
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Holiday Market Square to showcase work by Department of Disabilities crafters

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– You have a chance to get a one of a kind Christmas gift. Thursday, the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs is holding its first ever holiday market at its office on Harden Street Extension. Organizers say they are using the event to showcase the great products that people with special needs produce. The event runs 9am-…
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Salvation Army will provide Christmas gifts for 2,500 local children

The Salvation Army of the Midlands is working to make sure every child in need has a present to open Christmas morning.
Maria Szatkowski,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The Salvation Army of the Midlands is working to make sure every child in need has a present to open Christmas morning. Thanks to the generosity of the community, those children will have several toys and gifts. “All of the toy donations that have been given over the last few weeks, during our stuff-a-bus campaigns, and…
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Runner apologizes for slapping reporter’s rear on live TV

A Georgia man says he's sorry for slapping a news reporter's rear end on live TV while she was covering a road race
Associated Press,

A Georgia man has apologized on-camera for slapping a female reporter’s rear on live TV after the video clip garnered outrage among millions who viewed it online and prompted police to investigate the case as a possible sexual battery.

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Multiple law enforcement agencies respond to shooting near Apple Valley Road in Richland County

Kimberlei Davis,

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are on the scene of a shooting near Apple Valley Road. According to ABC Columbia’s Tim Scott who spoke with law enforcement, the incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Officials with the Columbia Police Department say the victim sustained non life-threatening injuries to the lower body. #CPDSCInvestigates: Shooting 2100…
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Mom charged after police say she abandoned special needs son

Police charged a mother with cruelty to children after a special needs teenager was found abandoned at an Atlanta hospital, confused and unable to say who he was
Associated Press,

Atlanta police charged a mother with cruelty to children on Wednesday after her special needs teenager was found abandoned at a hospital, cold, confused and unable to say who he was.
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UofSC in the clear after accreditation decision released

Associated Press,

Columbia, SC (AP) — The University of South Carolina (UofSC) will not be punished by a group that accredits colleges. U of SC was accused of allowing outside political forces to influence trustees when they picked Bob Caslen as the school’s new president. Governor Henry McMaster pressured trustees to pick Caslen after the board voted to restart the presidential search….
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Christmas tree shortage in the Midlands causes prices to grow

Alexis Frazier,

LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)-A Christmas tree shortage has more farms increasing their prices and many are low on stock. This has been a decade in the making and we’re feeling the effects now. In the Midlands, Price Christmas Tree Farm is where Governor Henry McMaster and the mayor of Columbia get their trees. “We have a special technique we developed over 35…