Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) – 14 former employees of the South Carolina Department of Corrections have been indicted on federal charges related to accepting bribes and bringing contraband into South Carolina prisons. Since 2016, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has partnered with state law enforcement to investigate the smuggling of contraband into prisons by staff at SCDC. The investigation…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) – A 14-year-old has been arrested in connection with school threats made on social media yesterday (4/24), say Lexington Police. On Monday, at approximately 8:00 p.m., officers say they took a report of threats that were made through Snapchat where a subject referenced the Lexington Middle School and that he was going to shoot up the school. Police…
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – An old children’s story speaks of mice putting a bell on a cat’s tail. Researchers in South Carolina are tagging alligators’ tails. And necks. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports researchers from Clemson University, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a local wildlife group hope to track alligators as they become…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– It’s not a rumor, Fleetwood Mac is coming to Columbia! Wednesday the Colonial Life Arena announced the legendary rock group will bring its North American tour to the Colonial Life Arena on February 22nd 2019. Tickets go on sale May 4th. Founded in 1967 and named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie Fleetwood Mac has connected with…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO, AP)–SCE&G customers are one step closer to no longer having to pay for the failed VC Summer nuclear project. Wednesday the house voted to cut the entire eighteen percent surcharge currently on customer’s bills. The senate’s version of the bill would cut 13% off of bills. The house and senate will now go into a conference committee…
The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is excited to announce Soda City FC as a new member starting with the 2018 Fall Season.
COLUMBIA, SC (AP)- More than a dozen South Carolina corrections employees are facing federal charges related to bribery and bringing contraband into the state’s institutions a week after a deadly prison riot, according to federal court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. The indictments against 14 corrections employees, including at least 11 officers, include charges of racketeering, bribery and wire fraud,…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Richland County deputies have arrested a teenager and are searching for another suspect after an armed robbery Tuesday night. Deputies say Aaron Bradley,18, stole an unknown amount of cash from the Subway on Hardscrabble Road after presenting a handgun. Shortly after Bradley fled the business, deputies say they made contact and arrested him. Deputies are looking for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has declared April 25 as S.C. Dance Marathon Day. In 2018, USC Dance Marathon, one of the state’s largest dance marathon events, raised more than $1 million for Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital. Good Morning Columbia’s Grace Joyal sat down with Samuel Tenenbaum, the president of Palmetto Health Foundation, to discuss what…
A Museum highlighting a dark period in American history is getting ready to open it’s doors in Alabama. Click here to find out what connection it has to South Carolina.
