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Longtime Midlands Sports Anchor, Bob Shields, Dies

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Longtime Midlands Sports Director, Bob Shields, passed away Friday. Bob Shields served as sports director at CBS affiliate WLTX  in Columbia from 1983 to 2010. Shields was a fixture on the sports scene for decades in the Midlands. He passed away Friday at the age of 59 after a long battle with cancer. We at ABC Columbia News…

Fairfield County accident victim identified

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC (WOLO)– Investigators in Fairfield County have identified the victim in a fatal crash from Thursday night. Officials with the Coroner’s office say 34 year old Tamarquay Coleman of Blair died after the accident on Highway 215, just before seven thirty Thursday night. Troopers with the SC Highway Patrol say Coleman was the passenger in a Nissan Altima that…

Police: Orangeburg Man in drive thru with machine gun

ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)– Police in Orangeburg say they found a man asleep in a fast food drive through with a loaded machine gun in his lap. According to investigators, someone called police just before 5am Wednesday to report the car at an Orangeburg McDonalds. The Times and Democrat reports the officer reported Ricardo Brown had an A-K 47 in his…

Storms topple tree on home in the Midlands

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO)-Friday night the storms cleared but not before some people in the midlands saw damage from rain and wind. Take a look at this home on Bilton Road off Broad River Road in Irmo. Our crews were on the scene Friday afternoon when neighbors told us the homeowners were not home when a tree fell on their house….

Tree falls on Irmo home following storm

Photo: Brian Miller Irmo, S.C. (WOLO)– The Midlands did not escape unscathed as storms rolled through the area Monday afternoon. A home on Bilton Rd. off of Broad River Rd. in Irmo had a large tree fall on the roof. Neighbors tell us the homeowners were not home when this tree fell on their house and no one was hurt….

Victim identified in fatal Fairfield Co. crash

Fairfield Co., S.C. (WOLO)–Investigators in Fairfield Co. have identified the victim in a fatal crash Thursday night. Officials with the coroner’s office say 34 year old Tamarquay Coleman of Blair died after the accident on Highway 215 just before 7:30 Thursday night. Troopers with the highway patrol say Coleman was the passenger in a Nissan Altima that left the road…