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‘Let’s Get Spooky’ as Columbia counts down to Halloween

Oct 18, 2019 10:23 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia,SC (WOLO)—- We are just 13 days away from the ghoulish day where all of your kiddos dress in their favorite costumes, and go door to door to collect as many treats as they can. To get in the eerie mood for ghosts and goblins, COLAtoday is holding two creepy contests sure to spook up some excitement. The organization is…

Gunbattles rattle Mexican city after troops find Chapo’s son

Oct 18, 2019 8:55 AM EDT

Associated Press,

An intense gunfight blocking roads in the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state after security forces located one of the sons of “El Chapo.”

Deputies: Swansea High School student charged for making threats on school bus

Oct 18, 2019 8:28 AM EDT

Kenneil Mitchell,

Lexington County deputies say they’ve charged a Swansea High School student for making threats on a school bus.

Sanitation worker does more than take out trash for elderly resident

Oct 18, 2019 7:00 AM EDT

CNN,

(CNN) — A sanitation worker goes above and beyond to help a 88-year-old woman along his route suffering from dementia. It’s not the kind of gesture you might expect from someone who is simply there to pick up the trash, but for one family his willingness to go the extra mile for a woman that has trouble doing for herself,…

‘Would be’ victim’s in two separate cases fight back helping police make armed robbery arrests

Oct 18, 2019 6:00 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says they have made two arrests in separate armed robbery cases. The first incident happened early Thursday morning outside of the Stop N’ Go Convenience store on Kay street. Deputies say Devin Anderson jumped into the victims car and pointed a gun at him. But Authorities say, what he didn’t…

Man charged with illegally dumping hundreds of tires

Oct 18, 2019 5:00 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Columbia Police have arrested a man they say illegally dumped hundreds of car tires near a building on Sunset Boulevard. Mujahid Muhammad is charged with littering exceeding 500 pounds or 100 cubic feet after police say he used a rental truck to transport and dump car tires at a lot on the 300 block of Sunset…

SC native radio, tv personality, and NY Times best selling author Charlemagne Tha God to attend SC State homecoming

Oct 18, 2019 5:00 AM EDT

ABC Columbia Staff,

Image Courtesy: SC State University ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO)— Radio, television personality, and author Charlamagne Tha God, is slated to come back to his home state of South Carolina for SC State University’s Homecoming for a weekend of events. On Friday October 18th, 2019, the Moncks Corner, SC native will hold a conversation with students in the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. During…

Select pilots will start testing Boeing’s troubled 737 Max Jet before its return to the air

Oct 18, 2019 2:00 AM EDT

CNN,

(CNN) – Boeing is getting closer to putting its once popular 737 Max Jet back in the air. Next month, the Federal Aviation Administration will watch as select pilots from around the world test out the software in Seattle. The simulation is expected to determine what type of training pilots need to fly the jet. The FAA grounded the Max…