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Music, sun, and a million (or so) boats – Drift Jam 2019 is here

Tyler Ryan gets a preview of Drift Jam Flotilla Music Festival 2019

LAKE MURRAY SC (WOLO)-For the sixth summer, a stack of bands and thousands of lovers of music and lake will descend on the area of Spence Island for a day of live entertainment and fund raising with the Drift Jam Flotilla Music Festival.  According to the Drift Jam Chair Harrison Spears, the charity of choice for this year’s event is…

Graduation time: Airport HS Seniors receive diplomas

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– It’s graduation time in the Midlands. Hundreds of Midlands high school students walked across the stage Thursday. Students at Airport High School held their graduation ceremony at Eagle Stadium. Nearly 270 members of the Class of 2019 received their diplomas. It’s one of two graduation ceremonies happening this week for Lexington District Two high schools. In all,…

CPD looks into string of car thefts at Columbia Fire stations

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —Police are investigating after four cars were stolen from two area fire stations. Wednesday, Chief Aubrey Jenkins told ABC Columbia News that a firefighter’s car was stolen outside of Fire Station 9 on Devine Street. According to the victim, Phillip Hutcheson, he had just finished working his overnight shift at the fire station, but as he was…

RCSD warns residents of ongoing phone scam

RCSD image Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is asking you to be cautious the next time you answer the phone. According the authorities, a scam has been making the rounds where they say someone is calling area residents from a number that appears to be coming from the Sheriff’s Department. Officials say the message that…

Court-appointed psychiatrist says Timothy Jones Jr. does not have schizophrenia

Dr. Richard Frierson says he diagnosed Jones with a substance-induced psychotic disorder

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — In Day 12 of the Timothy Jones Jr. murder trial, a court-appointed psychiatrist took the stand to say the man charged with the murders of his five children in August 2014 does not suffer from schizophrenia. In his testimony today, one psychiatrist said Jones’s use of synthetic marijuana may have led to psychological issues, but they did…