(Photo: CPD) Columbia, SC (WOLO ) — The Columbia police department has arrested 30 year old Javaris Hammonds Blanks accused of shooting a man riding with him in the car following an argument between the two. According to police Blanks turned himself into authorities Tuesday April 16th, 2019 without incident. Officials say Blanks has been charged with attempted murder. According…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —Easter weekend came early Tuesday afternoon for some special kids at the Governors Mansion. Patients from Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital took part in the Governor’s annual Easter egg hunt. families we spoke with say today’s event was a great way to get a break from the hospital. The Easter egg hunt was first organized back in 1986…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —April is donate life month in South Carolina. Tuesday morning the organization and the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles came together to mark Donate Life’s tenth anniversary and the more than two million people who have signed up to save lives through eye, organ, and tissue donation. Officials with the DMV say it is a program…
Photos courtesy CPD Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The Columbia Fire Department says a fire that caused millions in damage inside a Walmart on Harbison Blvd. was set on purpose. Authorities say it happened around 3:30 Tuesday morning in the store’s food aisle. No one was hurt. Columbia firefighters say the store may be closed for several days. Columbia police released surveillance…
Lexington County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim of a fatal collision on Fernandina Road on Monday.
Orangeburg County deputies say a man who was reported missing since last week has been found safe this morning.
Orangeburg County Department of Public Safety officials say a Benedict College student was killed in a shooting at a party on Sunday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Hundreds visited the State House to pay their respects to Senator Fritz Hollings as his body lay in repose Monday. Several people from all walks of life said they fondly look back at Hollings’s legacy, including Bishop Fred James, a longtime leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. “For fifty-five years, it was my privilege and…
Highway Patrol says one driver died after a head on collision with a tractor trailer on Monday on Fernandina Road.
Columbia Fire Department says they have contained a fire inside a Walmart store this morning around 3:30 a.m.
