COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- A Midlands Church held a candlelight vigil on Thursday in honor of the lives lost in Vegas. Mourners say now is the time to find a solution to unnecessary gun violence. “It’s important that we just educate the community,” Rev. Carey Grady, Pastor of Reid Chapel AME Church said. “Everyone has a voice, we don’t always think…
The Oliver Gospel Mission is known for helping others, but Thursday morning they were the ones getting a hand up.
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – Richland County deputies are looking for two women they say hit a man with their car early Thursday (10/5) morning and took off. Investigators say it happened at 4:00 a.m. on the 2200 block of Decker Boulevard. Deputies say the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators believe the attack was…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Richland County State Representative James Smith, a democrat from Columbia, is throwing his hat in the ring in the race for Governor. The 50-year-old Columbia native says he feels called to do all he can for the people of South Carolina. Smith is the only democrat so far in the 2018 race. Governor Henry McMaster, Catherine…
A Greenville teen confesses to killing another teenager after authorities say he accused her of “spreading lies”.
Columbia, SC (WOLO)– Richland County Council spent $1.2 million renovating its council chambers but they will not be holding their 2-day retreat in the new space. With a vote of 9 to 2, they are going to the Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort. “When we hold them here, people come late, people leave early for lunch for…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Senator Lindsey Graham is proposing a new abortion bill in the senate that would make impose a 20 week cutoff date for abortions nationwide. The bill Senator Graham is spearheading passed in the house by a vote 237 to 189. Now graham is taking his Senator Lindsey graham says the U.S. Is among seven other countries including…
Man accused of setting six fires and then reporting them to authorities is arrested and charged with Arson.
Irmo, S.C. (WOLO)– Irmo police released two composite sketches Thursday of a woman suspected in two attempted abductions. Investigators say the first incident happened on September 27, around 6:30pm near the intersection of Friarsgate Blvd. and N. Royal Tower Dr. Police say a woman pulled over and approached an 11-year-old boy and asked him to get into her car. On…
After being alerted to a post circulating on Facebook, Cayce Department of Public Safety said it started investigating two suspicious incidents involving a man stopping another man, asking for sexual favors.
