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Pet Adoption Special for Your Valentine

Crysty Vaughan,

  COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Looking for a furry friend this Valentine’s Day? The Columbia and Lexington Animal Shelters are hosting a Fur-Ever Yours pet adoption special. The specials includes an adoption fee of  $14 February 12 – 17. The adoption fee includes spay/neuter, microchip, Feline Leukemia/Heartworm Test, initial vaccines and deworming, according to Animal Services. Columbia Animal Services, 127 Humane Lane, Columbia,…

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UPDATE: Former SC Lawmaker sentenced to probation and community service

Kimberlei Davis,

COLUMBIA, SC (AP/WOLO)– A former South Carolina lawmaker was sentenced to two years probation and 500 hours of community service for his role in an investigation of corruption at the Statehouse. Sentencing was set Monday for a former Lexington Rep. Rick Quinn in Beaufort. Quinn pleaded to misconduct in office in December and faces up to one year in prison,…
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Gas Prices Drop in the Midlands

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, DC (WOLO) — Prices at the pump have fallen, slightly, at the start of this second week in February. According to GasBuddy, gas prices in Columbia have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.32 a gallon. Here’s a look at the average price in South Carolina,  per GasBuddy: South Carolina- $2.32/g, down 2.8 cents per gallon from…
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One Dead, Two Injured in Overnight Shooting in Eastover

Alexis Frazier,

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- One person is dead after a shooting in Eastover Saturday night. The victim,Kwame A. Jones,34, died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the upper body, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. The shooting happened just before midnight in the 400 block of Henry Street. Two other men were shot during the incident. The…
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Kim Cattrall to Sarah Jessica Parker: You’re Not my Friend

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Kim Cattrall has a message for Sarah Jessica Parker: Spare me your sympathy. Cattrall lashed out Saturday at her former “Sex and the City” co-star after Parker expressed her condolences over the death of Cattrall’s brother, Chris. “Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now,” Cattrall wrote on Instagram. “Let me make this…
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‘Horrific Murder Spree’ Leaves 5 dead in Kentucky: Sheriff

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Five people are dead, including a male suspect, after separate shooting attacks at a house and an apartment complex in northeast Kentucky Saturday, officials said. Two victims were found dead in a home in Paintsville around 3:30 p.m. Then, in a search for suspect Jospeh Nickell, two additional victims were found dead at an apartment complex, the Johnson County Sheriff’s…
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5 Adults, 3 Children Displaced After Mobile Home Fire

Alexis Frazier,

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Eight people have been displaced after a mobile home caught fire Sunday morning. Lexington County Fire Service responded to the 100 Block of Greenfields Road to a single wide Mobile home fire. Authorities say the fire was limited to one room, however five adults and three children were displaced. According to officials prelim investigation suggests the…

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Driver Dies in Fiery Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer in Lexington

Alexis Frazier,

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- A driver traveling on the wrong side of the highway died after colliding with a tractor-trailer Sunday morning. The crash happened around 3:00am on I-26 eastbound at the 199 Mile Marker. Lance Corporal Matt Southern, with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, said a 1999 Mack tractor-trailer was driving in the eastbound lane on I-26 when a…