COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland County Community Development Department wants residents to rally around as it prepares to mark National Fair Housing Month with a two-day event in April. The department, along with several community partners, will hold a fair housing conference at Edventure Museum with panel discussions and more. The day before the conference, a series of continuing legal…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Join Colleges Against Cancer at the Courtyard Columbia Downtown Hotel (630 Assembly Street) for a Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament. Beginner and Advanced tables will both be in play. Prize baskets will be awarded to the first, second, and third place winners. Music will be provided by KBC Jazz Trio and Hors d’Oeuvres from Millwood Smokehouse. All proceeds…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP)– An energy company says it is halting work on the $1 billion Palmetto Pipeline after Georgia lawmakers approved a one-year moratorium on permits for petroleum pipelines in the state. Texas-based Kinder Morgan said in a statement Wednesday it has “suspended further work on the Palmetto Pipeline project,” which would have carried gasoline, diesel and ethanol across 360…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson addressed the media Wednesday, in the wake of his firing of special prosecutor David Pascoe. Wilson removed Pascoe from his appointment Friday, after Pascoe initiated a state grand jury investigation, without telling Wilson. Wilson said the law requires him to sign off on such an investigation. Wilson said that despite…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson addressed the media Wednesday, in the wake of his firing of special prosecutor David Pascoe. Wilson removed Pascoe from his appointment Friday, after Pascoe initiated a state grand jury investigation, without telling Wilson. Wilson said the law requires him to sign off on such an investigation. Wilson said that despite…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — More than 6 months after the historic floods, farmers are still struggling to recover and leaning on the state for assistance. “It was hard to watch that weekend and just seeing what we knew were good crops in the field and not being able to do anything about it,” said Turbeville farmer Jeremy Cannon. On…
Kyle Pratt of Leesville LCSD LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department say they have made an arrest in connection to a shooting near an overpass. 17-year-old Kyle Pratt of Leesville is facing attempted murder charges in connection to the shooting on the Quattlebaum Bridge. Deputies believe the Pratt fired multiple gunshots at cars from the bridge above Interstate…
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s farmers who lost $375 million worth of crops during last fall’s historic floods are facing new challenges in replanting. Clemson University Cooperative Extension agent David DeWitt says farm budgets will be tight but farmers need to resist the temptation to save by using less fertilizer this spring. The university said in a release that…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s top prosecutor is defending his choice to fire a special prosecutor he had appointed to investigate corruption within the state’s Legislature. During a news conference Wednesday, Attorney General Alan Wilson told reporters that Solicitor David Pascoe hadn’t even been one of his top five picks to handle the case. Wilson says he didn’t feel…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Election filing in South Carolina has closed and four candidates have filed to run against U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, who’s seeking his first full term in Washington. Two South Carolina congressmen have primary challengers. Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford faces state Rep. Jenny Horne of Summerville in the 1st Congressional District in the June primary. In…
