(ABC News) — With the Iowa caucuses nearly upon us, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are trying to embrace President Obama and identify as the rightful heir to his legacy. On Wednesday, the president and Sanders are set to meet “informally” in the Oval Office, according to the White House. The Sanders campaign has repeatedly compared their grassroots and…
Photo courtesy of Columbia Fire Department/Twitter COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Columbia firefighters battle a structure fire in the 900 block of Fiske Street Wednesday afternoon. Categories: Local News Tags: Columbia Fire, Fiske Street
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Senate committee has passed a bill that would require refugees to register with the state and for the State Law Enforcement Division to track them. The General Committee passed the bill Wednesday with the two Democrats voting against it. U.S. Reps. Jeff Duncan and Mick Mulvaney told the senators that they think the federal government…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two men have again been convicted of being part of a sports betting operation in Columbia. Multiple media outlets reported a federal jury returned guilty verdicts Tuesday against Jack Parker and Doug Taylor. The men were convicted in 2013 but the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, overturned their original convictions. The appeals…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state lawmaker says it’s time the South Carolina State University board of trustees find a permanent president to lead the financially troubled Orangeburg school. Media outlets report that Democratic Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter made the suggestion Tuesday during a meeting of a House subcommittee as members of the school’s board of trustees made a $128 million…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Victims of childhood sexual abuse are renewing calls for the statewide Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston to publish a list of priests accused of misconduct with minors. Local media outlets report that Barbara Dorris of Saint Louis, the outreach director for the national Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, says the release is long overdue….
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — It’s National School Choice Week. Students, parents and teachers are gathering at the State House Wednesday to raise awareness about K through 12 school choice in South Carolina. State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman and Lieutenant Governor Henry McMaster are set to speak at the event at noon. Categories: Educational, Events, Events, News, State
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The University of South Carolina’s, HRTM 362 hospitality management class is looking to give one lucky couple the wedding of their dreams. They are looking for an engaged couple to plan a free wedding for. To qualify, you must be affiliated to USC, be willing to turn all decision making to the class, and have…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday moved forward with her threat to sue the U.S. Department of Energy for the agency’s failure to meet a Jan. 1 nuclear fuel deadline, asking South Carolina’s top prosecutor to pursue litigation and collection of $1 million daily fine. “The federal government has, once again, failed to keep its promise to the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin delivered his 2016 State of the City address Tuesday night. The mayor, inspired by his daughter’s love for math, started by breaking all his successes, in five-and-a-half years in office, down by numbers. Benjamin says in that time, he’s cut the city’s unemployment rate from 9.5 percent to 4.9 percent. Benjamin says…
