COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to significantly cut the amount a private utility can charge customers to pay for two nuclear plants that were never finished. The Senate agreed Wednesday to cut the 18 percent SCANA Corp. is charging customers to pay for the failed project down to 5 percent. But the House…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The sixth annual South Carolina Cornbread Festival is happening Saturday, April 21 in Earlewood Park. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., families can taste food from 32 vendors, listen to music and hop on amusement park rides. The War Mouth cornbread brunch kicks things off at 11 a.m. Good Morning Columbia’s Grace Joyal talked to The…
COLUMABIA, SC (WOLO)– Get ready to read! Augusta Baker’s Dozen, a Celebration of Stories at Richland Library will welcome children’s author Lois Lowry as the 2018 featured guest. Library officials say Lowry is the beloved writer of children’s novels – who has won the prestigious Newbery Medal twice. Her many bestselling and award-winning books include Number the Stars and The Giver, which was…
South Carolina Republicans have mixed feelings about President Donald Trumps work in the Oval Office according to a Winthrop University poll. Click here to see the results they came up with and why.
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – It all went wrong for a shoplifting suspect on the run from Lexington Police Monday (4/16) night as he looked for a place to hide. The Lexington Police report describes the beginning of the chase Monday evening as the suspect sped out of the Khols parking lot on Sunset Blvd., crashed and took off running from…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to significantly cut the amount a private utility can charge customers to pay for two nuclear plants that were never finished. The Senate agreed Wednesday to cut the 18 percent SCANA Corp. is charging customers to pay for the failed project down to 5 percent. But the House…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) —Wednesday the Senate took up the issue of metal detectors for all schools throughout the state for the first time. The education Subcommittee heard from Representative Gilliard about putting these safety measures in schools. The Senate Subcommittee approved having a committee of 8 study the cost, resources, and feasibility of implementing the metal detectors. During the meeting,…
A lot of sunshine and some spoken word had poets and those who love hearing it, spending their lunch break at the SC State House.
USC is hosts it’s first Give 4 Garnet event in an effort to help area organizations in need by raising more than 3 million dollars in one day. Click here to see how they’re doing.
BISHOPVILLE, SC (WOLO)– There are still a lot of questions after the incident that left seven dead and dozens injured at Lee Correctional Institution. One of those questions is what really happened inside the prison walls Sunday night. An inmate at Lee Correctional reached out to ABC Columbia giving details of the incident and said he is tired of hearing politicians saying…
