COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A bill raising South Carolina’s gas tax and a number of other fees to put an additional $600 million a year into state roads is on its way to the House floor. The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved the bill Thursday after a 90-minute meeting focused more on how the new money might be…
Newberry County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a burglary suspect described as a white male, standing about 5’5″ who was last seen wearing a black jacket and possibly blue jeans.
Multiple legal experts and former White House officials say Kellyanne Conway’s endorsement on TV of the Ivanka Trump brand violated ethics rules governing executive branch employees.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Richland County Deputies are investigating a case of shots fired into a home. According to investigators, around 10:30pm Tuesday night, multiple rounds were fired at a home in the 200 block of Lincolnshire North Drive. No one was injured, but deputies say there was significant damage to the home. If you have any information you are asked…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – A South Carolina woman accused of taking a baby from a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital and raising the child as her own has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and interference of custody. The Florida Times-Union reports 51-year-old Gloria Bolden Williams was in court Thursday morning. She’s been in jail since her Jan. 13 arrest and…
COLUMBIA SC (WOLO)–For the 19th time, Historic Columbia and the Palladium Society are throwing a little party with a lot of chili. This year’s fundraiser is planned for Saturday at the Music Farm on Senate Street in downtown Columbia, and feature over 20 chili teams all sharing their version of the seasonal favorite. The event will also feature an open…
Three Clemson University professors are refusing to eat in protest over The President’s Travel Ban.
Millions of people in the Northeast brace for a huge winter storm that could dump more than a foot of snow.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- A Midlands couple is still struggling with getting their relatives to America after Trump’s executive order was placed on a temporary hold. Vahid Tavaf and Minoo Atabi have been living in Columbia for two years and are expecting their first child. “We are ordinary people and we had a dream to come to the United States,” Tavaf…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Baltimore orioles are in South Carolina. Not the baseball team, but the actual birds. The Department of Natural Resources wants to know how many of these colorful songbirds are spending their winters here. So, they are asking for your help, if you happen to see one. For more information, contact Lex Glover at GloverL@dnr.sc.gov or call (803)…
