ABC Breaking News | Latest News Videos (ABC News) — Republican presidential candidate and frontrunner, Donald Trump, said Wednesday night that he was “pushed away” from participating in the next GOP debate. Trump, who withdrew from the contest, made the remarks on Fox News. He has been feuding with the network over what he says was mistreatment in the first GOP…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – A school in Richland School District Two was evacuated Thursday afternoon due to a suspicious odor officials tell ABC Columbia. Parents of students at Westwood High School were sent a message informing them that students and staff had to briefly leave the building after a strong odor was detected in part of a building on the campus. Authorities say, the local fire…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook announces that in an effort to keep drivers safe, a public safety checkpoint has been planned in the City of Columbia. Starting Friday evening, CPD’s Traffic Safety Unit will enhance patrols and DUI enforcement across the City and in South Columbia. The areas were selected based on traffic violations that have occurred…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department are requesting the community’s assistance in locating a man wanted for attempted murder. Authorities say video surveillance at the Circle K gas station located at 4300 Hardscrabble Road helped investigators identify 19-year-old Yakiem Breeland as the triggerman in a shooting that left one victim with a gunshot wound in the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina senators have made Christy Hall the permanent director of the state Department of Transportation. The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Gov. Nikki Haley’s appointment of Hall. Lawmakers have been almost universal in their praise for Hall, who took over the agency last summer for the second time on an interim basis and had to…
(ABC News) — We’re just hours away from the final Republican presidential debate before next Monday’s Iowa caucuses. But there’s one major difference: Donald Trump won’t be on the stage. The Republican front-runner is waging war with Fox News and decided this week to boycott tonight’s debate. Seven other candidates will take to the main stage in Des Moines, Iowa,…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former Providence mayor who dominated Rhode Island politics for parts of four decades before serving time for corruption has died. Vincent “Buddy” Cianci Jr., was 74. Cianci’s employer, WLNE-TV, and a friend, Artin Coloian, both confirmed his death. Coloian said he died Thursday morning. Cianci presided over the resurrection of Providence from a decaying, Industrial-age…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Nearly 200 people have committed to an effort intended to make South Carolina’s Statehouse a healthier place. The South Carolina Hospital Association says that 185 people have pledged to participate in A Healthier Statehouse, including 113 legislators and former Govs. Jim Hodges and Dick Riley. Several constitutional officers and dozens of Statehouse staff and lobbyists are…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) — Deputies are looking for suspects who tried to get the five finger discount after they robbed a local department store. Officials are looking for a three men who allegedly stole more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Belk located at the Village at Sandhill. If you have any information that would lead to an arrest…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The City of West Columbia experienced a water line break affecting water customers in the 1300 Block of Alpine Drive. Once the water line is repaired and water service is restored, water customers in this area who have lost water pressure or who experience cloudy water or sediment in the water are advised to vigorously boil their…
