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WATCH: Columbia’s Mayor Sees Opportunity After Disaster

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin delivered his 2016 State of the City address Tuesday night
Grace Joyal

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…
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SC Unemployment Rate Stayed at 5.5 Percent During December

South Carolina's unemployment rate stayed right where it was last month to end 2015
ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina’s unemployment rate stayed right where it was last month to end 2015. The state Department of Employment and Workforce said Tuesday that South Carolina’s jobless rate was 5.5 percent in December, the same as November. While unemployment was unchanged, the number of people working in the state went up by more than 10,000 in…
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Rep. Pitts Defends Journalism Registration Bill

Representative Mike Pitts says his journalism registration bill proved his point
ABC Columbia Staff

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — On Tuesday morning, Representative Mike Pitts defended his bill requiring journalists to register with the state. The bill is structured similar to the law requiring gun owners to register to carry a concealed weapon in South Carolina. “My whole point to this was very simple,” said Rep. Pitts.  “To show that there’s a slant and a…

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Tips on Avoiding Flu Virus When Caring for the Sick

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A massive snowstorm that is bearing down on the East Coast is arriving during the traditional peak of flu season, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines as between “December and February.” As the storm begins, many people will be stuck at home with family members or roommates who are battling the flu. If you think you’re…
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Body Found-Charleston County

Deputies in Charleston County are investigating the death of a man found dead in a house on Johns Island last week as a homicide
ABC Columbia Staff

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) _ Deputies in Charleston County are investigating the death of a man found dead in a house on Johns Island last week as a homicide. News outlets report the Charleston County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the body discovered on Jan. 22 as having belonged to 35-year-old Jason Arion. Charleston County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Eric…

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Coroner IDs NJ Man Killed in Barbershop Shooting

Kimberlei Davis

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C (WOLO) —  We now know the identity of the individual who was shot and killed while attempting to rob a barber shop Friday night. 35-year-old Adeyemi Herschelle Hannibal died from complications of multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body when he and an accomplice attempted to rob patrons at the ‘Next Up Barber and Beauty’ located on Fort…
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Heritage Stamp Will Feature Richard Allen, Founder of AME Church

Kimberlei Davis

Bishop Richard Allen, founder of the AME Church, will be on a forever stamp Credit: USPS COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Richard Allen, the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and it’s first bishop, will be featured on the next issue in the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Commemorative Series. The stamp will be unveiled Feb. 2 at Mother Bethel AME…