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Restaurant Week: Great Meals You Don’t Have To Cook And Won’t Break The Bank

  Columbia, SC (WOLO)– This week is all about trying something new. It is restaurant week in Columbia and more than 50 different hot spots to eat are offering some really cool deals to encourage people to try something different. Many of the places to eat offer multi-course meals at value-added prices, allowing foodies to try a wide range of casual and…

State’s Promoting Civil Rights Tourism

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Southern states are banding together to promote civil rights tourism across the region. Fourteen states including all of the Deep South are joining to promote the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. It’s a tourism website and campaign that will highlight about 130 sites linked to the modern civil rights movement. The joint effort is being unveiled as…

Main St. Ice Closing for Season

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Main Street on Ice is about to pack it in for the season. Monday is the last day to lace up your skates at the corner of Main and Hampton Streets. The ice will be open from 4pm until 9pm. Tickets are eight dollars for adults and five dollars for kids 12 and under. Categories: Local News, News…

State Trooper Cruiser Hit, Man Charged with DUI

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A South Carolina man is charged with driving under the influence after authorities say he crashed into a highway patrol vehicle that was stopped on the side of an interstate. Multiple media organizations report that 27-year-old Michael Hazel of Goose Creek was charged after the Charleston County crash around 2 a.m. Sunday. The Charleston County Sheriff’s…

Autopsy Set in Sumter Death Investigation

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– An autopsy is scheduled Monday after a Sumter man was found dead Saturday morning, say police. Officials say they found 34 year old Jarvis Rush dead on East Newberry Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. Investigators believe he was shot several hours before they found him. If you have any information about this case, you’re urged to call CrimeStoppers…

MLK Day Events in Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Today is Martin Luther King Jr day and the Midlands is honoring the date with several events. The City of Columbia is hosting it’s 30th celebration at MLK park and community center at 4pm Monday. This year’s keynote speaker is Benedict College’s first female President Roslyn Artis. Also happening– the organization “Friends of African American Art and Culture”…

Trump Administration Accepts DACA Applications

Washington, DC (WOLO) — The Trump Administration says it is accepting renewal applications to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. The Announcement comes days after a Federal Judge in California temporarily blocked efforts to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program also known as DACA. President Trump had criticized the Judicial process, noting that the ruling could still be overturned….

Man Charged With Murder of Sister’s Boyfriend in Columbia

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police have arrested a man  in connection with Saturday night’s deadly shooting on Bailey Street. Bobby Ray Robbins,21,  is charged with Murder, Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime, and Failure to Stop on Police Command. Robbins is accused of shooting his sister’s boyfriend, Jerome D. Palmer during an argument. An autopsy has revealed that Palmer died at the scene as…