Two leading GOP senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, joined other Republican officials on Sunday in criticizing President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Richland Library’s annual shared reading experience encourages Midlands’ area residents to read the same book at the same time. In this year’s novel, Grant Park, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. confronts the past four decades of race relations in the U.S. from the perspective of two veteran journalists. Good Morning Columbia anchor Grace Joyal sat…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Richland County Sheriff’s Department is offering a free women’s self-defense course, to empower and provide women with the tools to escape an attacker. RCSD said this is a crime prevention program that utilizes techniques that are specifically designed for women to reduce the likelihood of victimization. This program empowers women to recognize their strengths and make…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Columbia Fire Department responded to a fire Sunday night at Plantation Court Apartments in the 200 block of South Saluda Avenue. Firefighters said there was heavy smoke and flames when they arrived on the scene. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. ABC Columbia News will update this story once more information becomes…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)- Thousands came out to the Lexington County annual Chili Cook Off on Sunday. Residents in Lexington braved the cold to put their cooking skills to the test. Event goers had an opportunity to sample a variety of chilies and listen to live music. This year organizer’s say the competition brought in a record breaking audience and…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- A Midlands church dedicated their Sunday service to addressing gun violence in the Palmetto State. The Reid Chapel AME Church hosted a “Stand Up Sunday” service in hopes bring people together and fight to put an end to gun violence. Organizers said the service is meant to motivate others to start the conversation at home so that…
ABC NEWS- President Trump defended his executive order restricting the entry into the U.S. of people from seven Muslim-dominated countries, saying the move was not about religion but about keeping the country safe, but administration officials appeared to backtrack on the scope of the order, even as demonstrators gathered across the U.S. to protest. Massive crowds packed Boston’s Copley…
ABC NEWS- Two leading GOP senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, joined other Republican officials on Sunday in criticizing President Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees. McCain of Arizona and Graham of South Carolina issued a joint statement saying, “Our government has a responsibility to defend our borders.” “It is clear from the confusion at our airports across the…
CLEMSON, S.C. (WOLO/WLOS)— Nazanin Zinouri, who graduated with a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Clemson University and won the university’s Janine Anthony Bowen Graduate Fellow award last year, was removed from her flight bound for the United States, according to a post on her Facebook account. According to the post, Zinouri flew to Iran to visit family and a few days…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Crews are on the scene of a two-alarm apartment fire on Hardscrabble Road in Columbia. Officials with the Columbia Fire Department say when they arrived to The Reserve at Lake Carolina Apartment complex heavy fire and smoke was visible. Fire Fighters say at least two buildings are affected and residents have evacuated. No injuries have been reported….
