Anderson, S.C. (WOLO) — If you noticed a smokey haze covering the Midlands again Friday you were not alone. The Forestry Commission says the heavy smoke is being caused by wildfires burning in parts of Georgia and North Carolina. Officials say dry conditions and winds led to the spread of the fires and the smoke it created. Those wildfires have…
A single engine Cirrus model plane has made an emergency landing at Highway 378 and 908 in the Gresham community of Marion County near the Park and Blow Handi Mart after a fire erupted on the plane, according to Marion County EMS Director Joey Price.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy is the special guest speaker at an annual remembrance of fallen South Carolina law enforcement officers. The South Carolina chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police has scheduled a service for 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Law Enforcement Monument on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia. The monument was dedicated in 2005. Categories: Local…
Leonard Cohen, the Canadian poet, novelist and musician best known for writing the song “Hallelujah,” has died. He was 82.
White voters played a major role in getting Donald Trump into the White House, but one place where diversity appears to have gotten a boost is on Capitol Hill.
Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy ordered George Zimmerman to leave a central Florida bar after Zimmerman accused a black customer of hitting him and used a racial slur.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – EdVenture children’s museum in Columbia is holding a military appreciation day to honor those who serve in uniform on Veterans Day. All military members and their families are being granted free admission to the museum on Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests are invited to explore the museum, participate in patriotic activities and leave…
Courtesy of Colleton Fire COLLETON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Four children were killed in a crash early Friday morning along I-95 in Colleton County, Colleton Fire reports. The department says crews responded to the crash around 4:30 a.m. at mile marker 44 southbound, where they found a car trapped under a tractor trailer. Five people were trapped inside. Both lanes of southbound…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina prisons are starting a new program to help veterans behind bars prepare for life outside of prison. The Department of Corrections announced in a news release that on veterans with an honorable discharge will be allowed into the 96 spots at the MacDougall Correctional Institution. Prisons director Bryan Stirling says about 10 percent of South…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The State Board of Economic Advisors say South Carolina budget-writers can expect to have an additional $446 million next year. The State newspaper reported the forecast Thursday includes nearly $140 million reserved for one-time expenditures, if the state ends up with a surplus. Another $16 million will be available because less money will be needed to…
