Image: USDA Florence, SC (WOLO) — Ruiz Food Products Inc., a company out of Florence South Carolina, is recalling more than 55 thousand pounds of their frozen, breakfast burrito which containing eggs, sausage, and cheese may also be contaminated with pieces of plastic according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The recall was announced today,…
Image: RCSD Richland Co., SC (WOLO) —Investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are asking you to keep your eye open for a married couple accused of duping a victim out of hundreds Of dollars on social media. According to deputies, on May 8th Jonathan Taylor posted a cargo trailer for sale on the Facebook Marketplace page. Authorities say, after…
Lexington, SC (WOLO) — A former Midlands Elementary School teacher was denied bond Tuesday on a third charge of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. Lexington County deputies say Hianlucas Rodriguez is accused of having sexual contact with two students while working as a teacher at Red Bank Elementary school in 2016 and 2017. Rodriguez was recently extradited from South…
CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) –Teachers in public schools across South Carolina are one step closer to getting a pay raise. Governor Henry McMaster (R-SC) announced more than 50,000 educators in all of the state’s public schools will receive a $3,000 pay raise in his proposed budget. For some teachers, steady pay raises are not just about earning more money to do…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)– Lexington deputies, the U.S. Marshals, and SLED are searching for a West Colubmia man wanted in connection with a shooting earlier this month. Investigators say Jamel Higgs, 33, is wanted on several charges including attempted murder after they say he shot a man several times following an argument on Dec. 3rd at a Gaston mobile home park….
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Archaeologists are spending the week at Fort Jackson investigating what may have been a Vietnam-era mock training village. But there’s no documentation of it, so they’re working to figure out what’s exactly there. “It’s over 50 years of age, so it’s considered a historic resource and so they’re wanting us to come out and document. So…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The University of South Carolina will not face any repercussions as a result of an inquiry into last summer’s presidential search. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools examined the search and the board of trustee’s subsequent vote that resulted in the appointment of President Bob Caslen. Students and faculty questioned the hiring saying there was undue…
The luck has ran out for a Louisiana man allegedly caught rigging bingo games to win more than $10,000.
Image: Richland Library Columbia,SC (WOLO)— While many of you continue to get into the holiday spirit, the Richland Library Southeast location wants to get a little jazzy with it. Tonight, December 10th from 6PM until 8PM the branch located at 7421 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209 is ringing in the season with some tunes they hope will get you in the yuletide…
A South Carolina judge has acquitted a man accused of involvement in a 2017 street racing crash that killed three people and injured four minors.
