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Main Street Latin Festival Kicks off

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–From music to food, the Latin Festival is taking over downtown Columbia’s Main Street Saturday. The Main Street Latin Festival is an annual event and kicks off at 11am. If you plan on going, below is information from Festival organizers: Admission to the Main Street Latin Festival is FREE. Food, beverage, and merchandise are available for purchase. Date…

Mexico travel warning

If you plan on taking one last vacation before the summer comes to a close you may want to be extra careful if Mexico is your destination of choice. The State Department is warning Americans to be on alert. Find out why here.

Parents arrested after baby found drowned in bathtub

LAURNES COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Parents of a one-year-old were arrested Thursday (8/23) after deputies say their baby drowned in a bathtub. Investigators with the Laurens County Sheriff’s Office, say one-year-old Logan Sumeral was found unresponsive in a bathtub by a sibling. According to deputies, the mother and step-father, Kimberly and Joshua Collins, were in another room at the time…

Women On The Ballot: all Lt. Governor nominees are women

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– The November election is quickly approaching and the nominees are campaigning hard.  Especially the Lt. governor nominees. No matter how the election goes in November, South Carolina will have a woman as Lt. Governor which has only happened once before in state history. The two women are very different. On one hand, you have a woman with years…

Soda City Comic Con Welcomes SC Native Mike Colter who stars as ‘Luke Cage’

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Soda City Comic Con is bringing the heroes to the Capital City. South Carolina Native Mike Colter who stars as Luke Cage in Marvel’s Luke Cage will make appearances at the weekend event. Organizers of the event expect to reach over ten thousand attendees this year. Colter says he’s excited to be back on his old stomping grounds…

Judge appointed to manage South Carolina’s opioid lawsuits

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s high court has appointed a single judge to handle any lawsuits related to opioids in the state system. The state Supreme Court on Thursday assigned Circuit Court Judge Perry Gravely to the task. The Pickens judge has been on the circuit bench since 2015. Several counties have sued drug manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and physicians…