COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Governor Henry McMaster is responding to the need for aid in Puerto Rico. On Thursday, the Governor authorized nearly 150 Engineer Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard to assist in recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria. “It is an inspiration to see South Carolinians answer the call of duty, without hesitation, to help our neighbors in…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC- Deputies have arrested and charged a 17-year-old with murder on Wednesday. Deputies arrested Kendall A. Smith in connection to a the murder of a woman whose body was found a week earlier. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said on September 13th Smith struck the victim in the upper body multiple times with an object killing her. Richland County…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Happy birthday to one of the only places on Earth where mac and cheese is a vegetable. Starting Wednesday (9/27), Lizard’s Thicket is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Bob and Anna Williams opened their first restaurant on Broad River Road in 1977. Forty years later, that one restaurant has turned into 15 across the Midlands with more…
Study shows South Carolina comes up short when budgeting bucks compared to the rest of the Nation.
A High Scool Homecoming Banner Outrages some parents who called it “disgusting ” and demanded it’s removal.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Agencies from around the state made their way to Columbia to discuss how to raise the number of emergency medical technicians. “We have a shortage in South Carolina. People tend to be educate in South Carolina, become EMTs in South Carolina, and then not stick around. We have a decline every single year in the amount of…
Lexington, SC (WOLO)– Neighbors of a Lexington couple say they seemed completely normal on the outside, but police say something went horribly wrong, leaving the husband dead and the children without a father. Right now Lexington Police are not disclosing what led up to the event leaving Michael Bryan dead in his bed or the motive, but neighbors cannot believe…
A teenager has been arrested accused in the beating death of a woman found beaten and thrown in a trash can.
COLUMBIA, SC ( WOLO)– Get ready to grab breakfast and battle breast cancer, at the same time. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is once again hosting the Annual Mayor’s Campaign Against Breast Cancer Isabel Law Breakfast. It will take place from 6-9 a.m. on Friday, October 20, 2017 in the parking lot of City Hall, 1737 Main St. WHO: Mayor…
A exchange of gunfire leaves two men clinging to life, one dead and a suspect on the loose.
