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Watch: Recalls

Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) —From Kids to Cars.  ABC Columbia has some recalls you may want to know about to help keep you and your family safe. Click here to find out more. Categories: News Tags: recalls, sippee cups, Takata

Midlands Events Honor the Fallen on Memorial Day

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — There are plenty of opportunities to pay tribute to our fallen heroes this Memorial Day. Fort Jackson will be honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation with a Memorial Day Service.   That starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery. “The Moving Wall Memorial” is heading to Hopkins….

Altered State: Border Redraw Leaves 16 In Different Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Dee Martin may wake up on Jan. 1 and find herself in a whole different state. South Carolina and North Carolina have redrawn the border between the two states with GPS technology that allows them to confirm the boundary lines established more than 200 years ago down to the centimeter. But that means the lines drawn…

DSS Finds Fraud In 3 Percent of Food Aid Claims From Floods

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s social service agencies say an audit shows about 3 percent of the 178,000 people who applied for help buying groceries after October’s massive floods lied on their applications. The Department of Social Services told The Post and Courier of Charleston that it chose at random about 9,000 claims to investigate further and found fraud…

Deputies find body in Broad River

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a death, after finding a body in the Broad River at Interstate 20 Saturday at 9 p.m. Authorities said Columbia Fire and Rescue assisted. If you know anything about this case, call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC. Categories: Local News, News, Richland

Driver dies in fiery crash after fleeing from police

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina troopers say a driver speeding away from an officer who was trying to pull the car over has died in a fiery crash. The Highway Patrol said a Forest Acres office attempted a traffic stop Sunday morning. Troopers say the driver sped off, then lost control of the Nissan Altima and crashed into utility…

Sheriff: Man kills girlfriend after year-long argument

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) – Kershaw County deputies say a 48-year-old man convicted several times of criminal domestic violence has shot and killed his girlfriend. Sheriff Jim Matthews said in a news release that deputies checking on a call about gunshots at a Camden motel around 4:30 a.m. Sunday saw Therin McKeever leaving a room. Matthews says deputies found a gun…

Gaston man charged with murder, arson in Cedarcrest Drive fire

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – Lexington County deputies have arrested Robert Dumon Johnson in connection to the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a Cedarcrest Drive house damaged by fire early Thursday morning. Johnson fatally stabbed a man and a woman before intentionally setting fire to their home, according to arrest warrants. The 34-year-old suspect is charged…