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Happy Thanksgiving

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Happy Thanksgiving! From all of us at ABC Columbia to you and your family, we wish you an enjoyable and happy Thanksgiving! Be safe and enjoy your holiday! We will have our normal newscasts at 5am, 5pm, 6pm and 11pm on Thanksgiving Day – Live from Main and Gervais! Categories: Local News Tags: Happy Thanksgiving

Twitter will start deactivating accounts inactive for more than 6 months

(CNN) – Social media giant Twitter announced it will start getting rid of accounts that aren’t used. Yesterday they announced that if if you haven’t logged on to Twitter in at least six months your account could get deleted. Fortunately, users who regularly log on, but don’t tweet don’t have to worry about losing their access. Twitter says purging the…

Amazon will give “Alexa” more emotion to sound more human

(CNN) – Things are about to get real personal with Amazon’s “Alexa.” The artificial intelligence bot will soon be able to respond with happy, excited, disappointed and empathetic tones. Amazon says they want Alexa to have a more natural voice so developers gave it an upgrade Wednesday. The new voice upgrade is only available to developers right now, as a…

Deputies arrest Lexington County man accused of assaulting woman in grocery store parking lot

LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of assaulting a woman in a grocery store parking lot. Christian Monje is charged with second degree assault and battery after surveillance video shows that on November 8th he followed a woman to her car, touched her without her consent, and ran away. Monje is being held at…

Average price of Thanksgiving dinner is slightly up

(CNN) – The average price of a Thanksgiving meal is up this year but only by a penny. The American Farm Bureau surveys the price of items traditionally served at Thanksgiving. This year, they say the average cost of Thanksgiving dinner for ten is $48.91, or about five dollars a person. That’s only one cent more than the cost last…

“Both victims were truly victims”: Allen Benedict Court investigation finds hundreds of safety violations

Fifth District Solicitor says no criminal charges will be filed as a result of the investigation

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –Nine months after two men died due to carbon monoxide poisoning at Allen Benedict Court, Fifth District Solicitor Byron Gipson says no criminal charges will be filed against the Columbia Housing Authority. However, the organization, which has since re-branded as Columbia Housing, will have to address hundreds of safety violations reported throughout the complex in civil court….

Staying safe on the roads during ‘Blackout Wednesday’

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is a historically busy travel day across the country, but Wednesday night is also known as one of the biggest drinking nights of the year.

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is a historically busy travel day across the country, but Wednesday night is also known as one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. The night before Thanksgiving can be known as ‘Whiskey Wednesday,’ ‘Drinksgiving,’ or perhaps the most common name of ‘Blackout Wednesday.’ People are known to go out and…