COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Both chambers of the South Carolina Legislature are taking a break the week before Easter. The House and Senate started their spring break when they adjourned Thursday. When lawmakers return April 18, just 12 legislative days will remain in this year’s regular session. The General Assembly generally meets Tuesday through Thursday. Their to-do list will include…
(WOLO)– Good News on the job front. The Unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped in March to 4.5%, that’s the lowest in 10 years according to numbers released this week. Wages were higher in March compared to one year ago, On the down side, officials say America only added 98,000 jobs in March. The Unemployment rate in South Carolina is…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Two convicts who were already serving life sentences for killing a mother and her child have been charged with murder in the strangulation deaths of four inmates inside a South Carolina prison. Arrest warrants released early Saturday say 35-year-old Denver Simmons and 25-year-old Jacob Philip lured each inmate into a cell at Kirkland Correctional Institution in Columbia…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Mohammad Saadeddin is a Syrian native who has called Columbia home for about 18 years. The owner of Al-Amir on Main said he’s tired of seeing the people of Syria suffer. “God Almighty gives us the opportunity to be the leader of the world, I think we need to act upon it, be the big brother who…
LEXINGTON, S.C. – The Lexington County Sheriff’s department says a 16-year-old Airport High School student had a loaded gun at school Friday. According to deputies, a school resource officer found a .380 handgun concealed in a pair of shorts under the student’s pants, after school administrators searched the student’s backpack. Deputies say School Administrators also found substances that are…
Tempers flared Thursday night over whether or not the Confederate Flag will fly along a busy stretch of highway outside the rural Orangeburg County town of Holly Hill.
It’s Furry Friend Friday! Pets Inc. introduces us to a little guy who is looking for his forever home.
Several people were injured Friday after a truck drove into a crowd on a street in Stockholm, according to Swedish authorities.
State health officials say six more people died of flu in South Carolina during the last flu season.
While parts of South Carolina are cleaning up from severe storms and flooding this week, most of the northern part of the state continues to deal with drought.
