ROCKY BOTTOM, S.C. (AP) – Officials say a wildfire burning in the mountains of South Carolina is more under control than in previous days. Mike Bozzo of the S.C. Forestry Commission says the 2,300-acre Pinnacle Mountain fire is now 25 percent contained. Firefighters used bulldozers to construct fire lines Sunday. Sprinkler systems have also been installed along portions of the…
LADSON, S.C. (AP) – Authorities have identified the two South Carolina deputies who were beaten with their own baton by a man who later died in custody. Charleston County Sheriff’s Maj. Eric Watson said in a statement that both Deputy Robert Bittner and Deputy Levi Reiter have worked for the sheriff’s office for 15 years. A police report says Bittner…
When President-elect Donald Trump met with President Obama at the White House last week, media mogul Oprah Winfrey appeared to try looking on the bright side. That did not go over so well with fans, and she is now admitting her “mistake.”
Hykeem Golson, 21, stood before a judge Tuesday afternoon, he’s accused of setting his girlfriend’s puppy on fire Saturday in the parking lot of Grace United Methodist Church.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Midlands. The State Christmas tree arrived Monday morning at the State House. According to organizers this years tree is a 35-foot-tall sheared Concolor Fir, also known as a white fir, and comes from Pinetum Christmas Tree Farm in Swanton, Maryland. The lights and ornaments will soon decorate…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says it has made an arrest in what officials are calling a horrific case of animal cruelty. Deputies announced Monday that 21 year old Hykeem Jabar Golson has been charged with Ill Treatment of Animals Felony, in connection with the case. Deputies say Golson set fire to an 8-10 week old Pitbull…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Heathwood Hall) — Heathwood Hall announces the hiring of Marcus Lattimore as the Head Football Coach, upon the resignation of outgoing coach Steve Victory. Victory, 3-15 in his two seasons at the helm, will be returning to his home state of Louisiana to tend to family matters. Lattimore, a former South Carolina All-American and San Francisco 49ers draft…
ABC Columbia’s movie reviewer Matt Perron gives us his take on theSci-Fi film, Arrival.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– You have a chance to make a Midlands child’s Christmas wish come true, and it starts with a simple shopping trip to the mall. The Salvation Army Angel Trees are up at Columbiana Centre and Columbia Place Mall. On the trees, you’ll find the name of a child and some items they want, or need, for Christmas….
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are looking for a suspect accused of pepper spraying three bank employees before stealing an unknown amount of cash over the weekend.
