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Lexington Peach Festival celebrates Independence day with fruit and fireworks

(image: Lexington County Peach Festival) GILBERT, SC (WOLO) — Get your appetite ready, because it is time for the Lexington County Peach Festival! The one-day family-friendly festival is an event organizers say is perfect for all ages! This year the fun is taking place on the 4th of July. Members of the community can come out and celebrate the holiday,…

Toyota extends 5 year recall to newer model of Prius

(CNN) – A recall that has been in effect since 2014 has been expanded to newer models. Toyota is now recalling Prius models made in 2018. The car company says the car has a defect in its electronic power system, the same issue that pulled nearly 800,000 Prius cars off the road in 2014. Toyota attempted to fix the problem…

Surveillance video shows $140k Best Buy cell phone heist

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Surveillance video was released Monday showing a weekend theft at a Best Buy where more than $100 thousand worth of cell phones were stolen. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office says it happened around three in the morning Saturday. Four people stole more than 150 phones worth around $142,000 dollars from the business on Two Notch Road….

Northeast Columbia residents grow concerned with string of car break-ins

The Community Crime Map reports nearly 50 car break-ins near Hard Scrabble Road in the last month

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –People in a Northeast Columbia neighborhood are growing more concerned about a larger number of car breakin’s over the last few months. According to the Community Crime Map, there have been nearly 50 car break-ins in the Hard Scrabble Road neighborhood over the last month. For the past two months, Andy Overcash says his neighbors at an…