Advocacy Day is held at the State House
Wednesday Advocacy Day for access and independence was held along the State House grounds.
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April proclaimed as month of the military child
Governor Henry McMaster proclaims April as the month of the Military Child.
South Carolina Attorney General wants energy lawsuit dismissed
Attorney General Alan Wilson is one of the lawyers in 15 states that are are calling for a lawsuit over fossil fuel to be thrown out.
14 former SCDC employees and correction officers arrested by the FBI
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…
Arrest made in Lexington school threat
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…
Researchers in South Carolina play tag the alligators
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…
Fleetwood Mac Coming to Columbia
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…
House Votes to Cut SCE&G VC Summer Surcharge
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…
New semi-pro soccer team coming to Columbia
The United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) is excited to announce Soda City FC as a new member starting with the 2018 Fall Season.
SC corrections employees charged in contraband ring
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,…
