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Richland Two School Board Meeting, Input on Budget

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland Two School Board will hold a school board meeting on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. According to school officials, during the meeting a 5pm session will be held for public input on the 2017-2018 General Fund Budget. School officials say  following the Budget Input Session, the board will convene in executive session to discuss student, personnel and…

Gamecocks still dreaming, still playing, onto Final Four

NEW YORK CITY (WOLO) — The historic ride continues to new heights with new hardware to bring home to Columbia. For the first time in program history, the University of South Carolina men’s basketball team is going to the Final Four, off to Phoenix as champions of the East Regional in the NCAA Tournament. Seven-seed USC beat SEC rival, four-seed…

Shooting Suspect Barricades Self Inside Columbia Mall

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Richland County Deputies are on scene of a barricade situation at the Columbia Place Mall. Deputies responded to the mall on Two Notch road just before 8:00pm Sunday in reference to an alarm call. Upon arrival deputies discovered that shots were fired into a business. Deputies stayed on scene to clear the business and located a suspect…

More Than 3K Raised to Send Gamecock Jesus to Final Four

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- Gamecock fans are helping send one super fan to Phoenix this weekend to watch a team he never stopped believing in compete in their first final four appearance. Carlton Thompson, also known as Gamecock Jesus, told ABC Columbia at the Universities Pep Rally that he wouldn’t be able to see the Gamecocks play in New York during…

Gamecock Fans Take Over 5 Points And USC Campus After Win

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- From the bars to the fountains, die hard Gamecock fans painted the city garnet and black after the men’s basketball team booked their final four ticket. Hundreds of fans took a dip in the Water Fountain outside of Thomas Cooper Library and the Fountain in Five Points. The Madness in the Midlands has become somewhat of a…

FBI: Investigation Into NY Teen Missing in SC Progresses

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) _ The FBI says its work in a wooded area of South Carolina has brought authorities closer to resolving the case of a New York teenager who disappeared during a spring break trip that she took without her family’s knowledge in 2009. Multiple media outlets report an FBI supervisory agent said Sunday the work over three days…