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Tractor Trailer accident along interstate slows traffic

Columbia, SC (WOLO) —If you sat in traffic on Interstate 20 near 277 this morning, here’s why. The Highway Patrol responded to 277 North to this overturned tractor trailer. The accident detoured traffic to interstate 20. Troopers say the truck driver suffered minor injuries. Officials are still investigating the cause. Categories: Local News, News Tags: accident

Gas prices drop ahead of Christmas travel season

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Santa may be bringing the gift of lower gas prices this Christmas. According to GasBuddy, prices in Columbia have dropped 3.5 cents per gallon over the last week. Drivers in the midlands are paying an average of $1.96 a gallon. ABC Columbia scouted out some prices in Irmo as low as $1.89 a gallon. The national average…

1,100 General Motors workers to get new positon

COLUMBIA S.C. (WOLO)- General Motors says 1,100 of its workers will be moving into new positions in its other facilities. 1,100 workers will get new jobs following closings Late last month, General Motors announced that it would cut over 14,000 jobs. The cause of the down sizing is due to the lack of sales in their Chevrolet Cruze, Volt, and…

Motorcyclist killed in head-on crash in Lexington County

LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- A motorcyclist is dead after a head-on collision in Lexington County. The incident happened in the 5100 block of Platt Springs Road at 3:15p.m. Sunday. According to officials, Leonard P. Morrow, 70, was travelling on a motorcycle when a vehicle that had just entered the roadway crossed through the median and collided with him head-on. Coroner Margaret Fisher said…

State approves SCANA buyout, $22 customer rate cut

COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — South Carolina regulators on Friday approved a deal to rescue a utility company reeling in the wake of a multibillion-dollar nuclear construction failure. Following more than an hour of comment and debate, the Public Service Commission voted to OK Virginia-based Dominion Energy’s roughly $15 billion cash and stock bid to buy SCANA Corp., the parent company of…

Thousands of troops to remain on US-Mexico border as Trump’s original military deployment comes to a close

Days before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump announced the deployment of active duty troops to the southern border to stop caravans of migrants making their way through Mexico. On Saturday, that original border mission comes to a close, but thousands of U.S. troops will remain for an extended and reduced mission in support of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) slated to last…