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Gamecock Saturday Night tonight

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-  College football season is here and ABC Columbia is your place to follow all the action. Gamecock Saturday Night, ABC Columbia‘s college football show, airs tonight after College Football on ABC. Mike Gillespie and Cameron Gaskins will update you on all the action from college football‘s Saturday match ups. We’ll have the latest from the South Carolina…

Friday’s weather forced some HS football games to reschedule

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s time for Friday Night Fever and while ABC Columbia News has crews scattered around the Midlands to catch some of the best high school highlights in the area, someone forgot to tell mother nature. There are several games that have been postponed until tomorrow, Saturday September 14th due conditions. Below is a list of some…

Nascar shifts gears on gun advertisements

Nascar is shifting its gears on what it deems as acceptable advertising. This summer the racing organization reportedly rejected ads from several gun companies looking for a spot in its souvenir programs. National Event Publications, an advertising company for Nascar, sent out an email to those gun companies informing them their services were no longer needed. NEP called the move…

President Trump nominates SC U.S. Attorney to be Federal district judge

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —President Donald Trump nominated South Carolina United States  Attorney, Sherri Lydon to be a Federal district judge. In order for the nomination to be enacted it will still have to be approved by the United States Senate. President Trump picked Lydon to be the first woman to be the full-time U.S. Attorney  in South Carolina in 2018….

Clear bag policy takes effect in Richland One

Richland Co, SC (WOLO) — Anyone going to a football game for a Richland One school had to have a clear bag to get in. The district is the latest in the Midlands to institute the clear bag policy for football and basketball games. School district officials say they want to ensure a safe yet memorable experience for their fans…

Two separate alleged animal cruelty cases lead to arrests

Columbia,SC. (WOLO)—-  The Columbia Police Department (CPD) has charged two people in separate animal cruelty investigations and continue searching for a third tonight. According to authorities, 23 year old Keith Chestnut was charged with Felony Animal cruelty after police say he left a puppy alone in a car while parked in the 1700 block of Divine street in mid July….

Wet weather postpones some Friday night high school football games

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — It’s time for Friday Night Fever and while ABC Columbia News has crews scattered around the Midlands to catch some of the best high school highlights in the area, someone forgot to tell mother nature. There are several games that have been postponed until tomorrow, Saturday September 14th due conditions. Below is a list of some…

Edisto HS faces lawsuit, alleging two students were sexually abused at school

Orangeburg Co, SC (WOLO) — The families of two special needs students are suing a South Carolina school district after their attorney says they were sexually abused at school. The law suits filed by Attorney Justin Bamberg allege the students were sexually assaulted on multiple occasions by a fellow student at Edisto High school in February. Bamberg says the students…