Attack of the new roller coasters!
(CNN) – A look at some of the hottest new roller coasters you can enjoy this summer. Categories: Entertainment News
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Beatty Becomes South Carolina’s 2nd Black Chief Justice
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Legislators have elected South Carolina’s second black chief justice since Reconstruction. Associate Justice Don Beatty was the only person running to be the next chief justice of South Carolina. State lawmakers on Wednesday selected Beatty to replace Chief Justice Costa Pleicones (pluh-KOH’- nus), who must retire Dec. 31 because he’s reached the mandatory retirement age of…
Police: Teen Arrested After Having Gun on School Grounds
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A teen has been arrested Monday afternoon for allegedly carrying a handgun to school. Authorities say the parent of the W G Sanders Middle School student notified Richland County Sheriff’s Department Gang Investigators that he located a handgun in his son’s backpack just before school on May 23. Just before 1 p.m., during an investigation…
Watch: Vote 2016 Latest
Columbia,SC. (WOLO) — The race to the White House continues to get closer to November. Click here to find out where the candidates stand, who’s asking for a recount in Kentucky, and Protests that turn violent outside a New Mexico Rally. Categories: News, Politics Tags: Clinton, Sanders, Trump
City of Columbia Expands Hospitality District Recycling Program
Matt Perron COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Five Points received the first set of new, blue recycling containers through the City of Columbia solid waste division’s recycling initiative. With the $5,000 grant by PalmettoPride, thirteen recycling containers will be installed along the sidewalks for public use in the city’s three hospitality districts to expand the recycling program beyond curbside collection. Officials say the Vista…
Officer Gives His Pokemon Collection to Boy
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Watch: A Time for Art
Columbia,S.C. (WOLO) — A silent auction taking place here in the Midlands is giving you a chance to get your hands on art that won’t cost you anything, but a bit of your time. This is the third year for the Time for Art event which aims to give young professionals to use volunteer hours like money to bid during…
Mother of Hit-and-Run Victim: Driver Has No Place To Hide
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) – It’s going on three weeks since a 14-year-old Bluffton girl was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 26 in Calhoun County. The driver has not been arrested but The Island Packet of Hilton Head reports the victim’s mother says that driver has no place to hide. Heidi Hanson says she’s pleading with everyone to keep…
WATCH: Gearing up for hurricane season after historic flooding
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Hurricane season starts on June 1, and after last year’s historic flooding, it’s a good reminder to make sure your family is prepared for any disaster that strikes. “It’s definitely is going to raise the awareness in terms of what might happen if we get hit by a hurricane,” SC Emergency Management Division Director Kim…
Chaos on the campaign trail: Trump rally protest turns violent
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ Authorities in New Mexico are characterizing an anti-Donald Trump demonstration outside a campaign rally as a “riot.” Authorities say demonstrators threw burning T-shirts, plastic bottles and other items at police officers last night, injuring several, and toppled trash cans and barricades. Police fired pepper spray and smoke grenades. Inside, Trump was interrupted repeatedly by protesters….
