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Easter Bunny Hopping to Edventure

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Easter bunny will be hopping over to EdVenture Children’s Museum. The museum will host a Spring Carnival Saturday, March 26 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Officials say the carnival is free with museum membership or admission and will include a museum-wide egg hunt, springtime art activities, face painting, a moon bounce and carnival games. Saturday…

Gas Prices up for Easter Weekend

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Gas prices are up in the midlands for Easter Weekend. Drivers in Columbia are paying an average of Six cents more per gallon than last week. According to Gas Buddy prices at the pump in Columbia are $1.78/g yesterday, this compares with the national average that has increased 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week to…

UnSweet 16! Syracuse Shocks Gamecocks 80-72

By Associated Press

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Brianna Butler scored 10 of her 18 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:01 left, and Syracuse upset No. 1 seed South Carolina 80-72 in the Sioux Falls Regional semifinal of the women’s NCAA tournament Friday night. Syracuse trailed by as many as 13 late in the first half and was…

Watch: Study on Heart Disease and Women

ABC NEWS– Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Women. New research shows something you may already be doing could, one day, be used as a screening tool. ABC’S Doctor Timothy Johnson has the latest. Categories: News Tags: Health

Watch: Dutch Fork Wrestling Raising Funds for Teammate Who Lost Home

Irmo, S.C. (WOLO) — Sports and superheroes are two of Ameer Williams favorite things. The Dutch Fork High School wrestler was diagnosed with autism in 2008. Ameer’s mother, Tranee Williams-Dinkins says, “From age one, I knew something was not right.” But Ameer’s mother, Tranee Williams Dinkins, says that’s never stopped him from dreaming big. Those who know Ameer says sports…

Watch: Easter Events in the Midlands

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Easter events in the Midlands this weekend: EASTER “EGGSTRAVAGANZA” at the Drew Wellness Center Saturday. Free and open to the public. And if you’re waiting on the Easter Bunny, According to the National Retail Federation annual Easter Spending is at *17-POINT-3 BILLION DOLLARS* this year. That’s about $146 per person. Categories: Local News, News Tags: Easter

ABC Columbia on the road: NCAA in South Dakota

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The top-seeded Gamecocks traveled over 1,300 miles to Sioux Falls to play in the South Dakota regional of this year’s women’s basketball tournament. Carolina was selected as the 1 seed in the Sioux Falls regional. Carolina opened the season with an 88-80 win over then 6th-ranked Ohio State on November 13; USC topped 24th-ranked Tennessee, 62-56, on…

ISIS No.2 Killed in U.S. Special Ops Raid

ABC NEWS–A U.S. military operation killed a top ISIS leader earlier this week, the Pentagon said today. Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, aka Haji Imam, was a known terrorist who was said to be the group’s second in command and minister of finance. Military sources tell ABC News the terror leader was killed in a clandestine raid conducted on the ground…