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Memorial Day travel Plans from SCDOT: Lane closures prohibited on Interstates

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Are you hitting the road this weekend? For the Memorial Day weekend, the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced it will prohibit lane closures on interstate highways for non-emergency highway work. The SCDOT says these restrictions will be in place from 6 a.m. on Friday, May 24, until 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28.  According to SCDOT officials…
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Greenville county teachers get raise after tax hike approved

Associated Press,

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Teachers in Greenville County Schools will be paid a starting salary of $40,000 – the highest out of any school district in South Carolina – after school board members unanimously approved a 6-mill tax increase. Under the $668.4 million budget, teachers would get a 5% to 10% raise and reduced class sizes while adding counselors at…
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Teen killed by car in Lexington County identified

Alexis Frazier,

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Lexington County Coroner has released the identity of the teen who was killed after being hit by a car last Saturday in Lexington County. The incident happened shortly after 10:00 P.M. on May 18, 2019 in the 400 block of Broad Street in Gilbert. According to coroner Margaret Fisher, Damarj Torrel Morris, 18, died due to blunt force…
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City of Columbia Swimming Pools set to open this weekend

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– It’s time to make a splash! The City of Columbia announced that the pools and splash pads will open Saturday, May 25, 2019.  According to Parks and Rec, both Maxcy Gregg Pool and Greenview Pool will open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on opening day (May 25) and from 2-6 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. Both pools…
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Timothy Jones’s grandmother takes stand in Day Nine of murder trial

Roberta Thornsberry testifies she would have taken children away if she knew they were in danger
Tim Scott,

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) — Timothy Jones’s grandmother took the stand in Day Nine of her grandson’s murder trial, saying she never expected him to kill his five children back in 2014. At various times throughout her testimony, Roberta Thornsberry got emotional when looking back at the lives of her five children, even saying she would have taken the kids away from…
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Prisma Health Children’s Hospital issues reminder of heat stroke deaths

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —the heat is on through out the Midlands, and it doesn’t appear it’s going anywhere anytime soon. While the temperatures continue to soar, Prisma Health Children’s Hospital wants to issue a reminder about the increase in heat stroke deaths that can happen during extreme heat like we are seeing. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, a little one…