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Midlands group offering Free HIV testing Tuesday

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– A local organization is offering free HIV testing Tuesday. “Palmetto Aids Life Support Services” is offering free and confidential rapid h-i-v testing and s-t-i screenings. testing is happening between 10 a-m and 8 p-m by walk-in only on Two Notch Road. The event is to commemorate National Black HIV/Aids Awareness day, coming up Thursday, February 7, 2019. http://palss.org/services/…

Troopers: Sumter woman struck and killed

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Troopers are investigating after a pedestrian was hit and killed over the weekend. Officials say it happened in Sumter County. According to Highway Patrol, just after 6 p-m, Saturday, 35-year-old Sandy Johns was hit by a car while walking on US Highway 15 in Sumter. Johns died Sunday at the hospital from her injuries. Troopers say no one…

Developing: Columbia City officials to update Allen Benedict Court investigation

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–ABC Columbia news has learned that on Monday afternoon City of Columbia officials will provide updates on the investigation into the evacuation of residents and the deaths of two people at Allen Benedict Court. More than 400 people are displaced from their homes after gas leaks were discovered. Two people died as a result of carbon monoxide, according…

Super Ad Poll: USC wants to know which Super Bowl commercial was your favorite

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- The University of South Carolina is helping end the debate over which Super Bowel commercial was the best. One hundred students and faculty in the school of Journalism and Mass Communications met in the school’s multimedia room for Cocky’s Super Ad Poll to watch the game and critique this year’s lineup of super bowl commercials. They will evaluate…

Police: Wife charged with murder after husband stabbed

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a 58-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing of her husband. Bennettsville Police Lt. Larry Turner said officers were called to a home Friday after Gladys Williams attacked her husband after they argued. Turner says Williams’ husband died a short time later at the hospital. He did not say what they…

Pedestrian killed in Sumter wreck

SUMTER,SC (WOLO)- Troopers are investigating a wreck that killed a female pedestrian in Sumter Saturday night. Officials say Sandy Johns,35, of Sumter died Sunday morning from her injuries. Johns was hit by a vehicle on  US 15 North, in Sumter, at about 6:50 pm on Saturday , according to troopers. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday at The Medical…

South Carolina child returned to parents facing misconduct charges

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — A family of three is reunited at last. On Wednesday, a Charleston County family court judge ordered the Department of Social Services to return a 22-month-old child into his parent’s custody. Foxx Coker was placed in protective custody amid law enforcement suspicions of child abuse. In May 2017, a two-month-old Foxx was taken to the emergency room…