COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — As we get closer to Saturday’s First in the South Primary, GOP Candidates are busy criss-crossing the state. Thursday Former Republican Governor Jeb Bush is set to appear at a Town Hall at the Columbia Metro Convention Center. The Town Hall is hosted by the Columbia Tourism and Lodging Association. It was reported Wednesday that at…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday night after they robbed a man in the 6300 hundred block of Fairfield Road at gunpoint. Authorities say 18-year-old Diamante Watts and a 14-year-old male accomplice road up behind the 23-year-old victim as he walked along Fairfield Road and demanded his cell phone. The pair fled on their bikes and were later arrested by…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As many as three dozen members of Congress are expected in South Carolina next month to explore the role the state has played in the fight for civil rights. The Faith and Politics Institute announced Thursday that the three-day event will be held the weekend of March 18th. It will be hosted by U.S. Rep. Jim…
The top three GOP candidates on how they plan on helping veterans, should they be nominated president. Categories: Politics Tags: Veterans
(ABC News) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential hopeful Marco Rubio Wednesday, ahead of the state’s Republican primary Saturday -– the jewel in the crown of Rubio’s Palmetto State endorsements. Haley’s nod could be a big boost for Rubio. But other campaigns are putting their own spin on it, suggesting the endorsement could be a double-edged…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)– The Senate has unanimously approved giving Leroy Smith another four-year term running the South Carolina’s Department of Public Safety. Senators took a few minutes away from a filibuster on road funding Wednesday to give Smith a second term leading the agency that oversees the highway patrol, Transport Police and the Bureau of Protective Services, which protects Statehouse…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO) — One Lexington County deputy injured in a crash Wednesday remains hospitalized. Three deputies were injured after they struck each other responding to a burglary. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department says the accident took place around 9pm at the intersection of Platt Springs Rd. and Old Orangeburg Rd. in Red Bank. Investigators say all two of the…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Firefighters say an elderly couple were taken to an area hospital Wednesday night after a house fire near 277. Investigators with the Columbia Fire Department say at around 7:30 firefighters responded to a home on Redwood Ct. Firefighter say the home is a total loss. The cause is unknown at this time. Categories: News, Richland
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_People in need will have more access to free dental and eye care in the Midlands. The United Way announced it is expanding its clinic at the Richland County Health Department by more than five thousand feet. Categories: Local News Tags: Alicia Barnes, Richland County, United Way
Chapin, S.C. (ABC News)–Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential candidate Marco Rubio Wednesday ahead of the GOP primary this weekend. “I wanted somebody with fight. I wanted somebody with passion. I wanted somebody that had conviction to do the right thing, but I wanted somebody humble enough that remembers that you work for all the people,” she said…
