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City officials address evacuation and deaths at Allen Benedict Court Apartments

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO): The Fire and Police departments made the decision to evacuate everyone from the Allen Benedict Apartments until further notice because of gas leak concerns. Many residents were unsure of where exactly they’re going to be staying and if the Columbia Housing authority was going to help them at all. Residents had 2-3 hours to gather as many belongings as…

3 of the Americans killed in bomb blast in northern Syria identified

(ABC News)- The Pentagon has identified three of the four Americans killed in a bomb blast in Syria on Wednesday, the deadliest day for American forces in Syria since they entered the country in 2015. Three other Americans were injured in the attack. The two service members and a Defense Department civilian employee were identified as Army Chief Warrant Officer…

Donate to local food pantries to help families impacted by shutdown

Help families impacted by the shutdown through donating food COLUMBIA S.C. (WOLO)- Of course you can always donate to your local food bank year round, but right now those food banks can especially use your help so that they can help those families affected by the government shutdown. It’s been almost a month since some government workers have seen a check…

TSA report contradicts claims of extraordinarily long wait times during government shutdown

(WOLO) – Contrary to previous reports of long security checkpoint wait times during the government shutdown, the TSA has released its report debunking accounts of travel woes. According to TSA’s “Checkpoint Operations Statement” for Wednesday (1/17), the average wait time for passengers across the country’s 42 most popular airports was less than 30 minutes. The longest wait time was at…