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Red Hot Chili Peppers Headed to Columbia

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional spring dates on their 2017 North American Tour in support of their 11th studio album, the worldwide No. 1 The Getaway. As previously announced, The Getaway Tour kicks off January 5, 2017, in San Antonio, TX, and crisscrosses North America through mid-March. A spring leg of the tour…

Town of Nichols Not Recovering from Flood

NICHOLS, S.C. (AP) – Nearly a month since floodwaters consumed the tiny South Carolina town of Nichols, few have returned. The fear is that many never will. A stew of contaminants stood inches to feet deep in homes for a week. As it receded, toxic black mold grew rampant, leaving nearly all of the town’s 261 homes uninhabitable. Few, if…

Suspected Serial Killer in Court in SC

  ABC NEWS– Investigators found another body today buried at the South Carolina property where a woman was found chained in a metal container, Spartanburg officials said tonight. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said human remains were uncovered in one of the two places that Todd Kohlhepp pointed out as gravesites. He said they have not yet identified the remains…

Jury Selection Resumes in Dylann Roof Trial

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Jury selection resumes Monday in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. The 22-year-old Roof is charged with hate crimes, obstruction of religion and other counts in the June 17, 2015…

FBI Clears Clinton: Vote 2016

ABC NEWS–The FBI has concluded a review of newly-discovered emails related to Hillary Clinton, and sees no reason to change its previous conclusions about Clinton’s use of a private server when she was secretary of state, FBI Director James Comey said in a letter to Congress today. In July, after a year-long investigation, the FBI concluded that charges against Clinton were…

Woodruff Suspect Update: Police Say Remains of Second Person Found

WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities have found another body buried at the rural South Carolina property where a woman was found chained in a metal container. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said Sunday human remains have been uncovered in one of the two places that Todd Kohlhepp pointed to as gravesites. Wright says “we’re not even close” on identifying the…

Airlines ready for Thanksgiving Travel Demand

UNDATED (AP) –The nation’s leading airlines are confident they can handle higher Thanksgiving travel this year partly because more people have signed up for quick-screening programs that are designed to keep airport security lines moving. An airline trade group says about 27.3 million people will fly on U.S. airlines over a 12-day period that starts Nov. 18 and ends the…

Robbery Dramatization: What You Need to Know to stay safe at the ATM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The holiday season has arrived, which means more people out shopping and law enforcement says, more crime. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department wants to make sure that you take precautions to stay safe. ATMs are easy targets for thieves- if you’re not paying attention, you could fall victim to a robbery. RCSD staged an armed robbery…