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Trump Makes Sexually Derogatory Remark About Hillary Clinton, Calls Bathroom Break ‘Disgusting’

(ABC News) — In one of his most vicious attacks yet against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump used a sexually derogatory remark in reference to her and said that her bathroom break during the last debate was “disgusting.” During a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump referred to Clinton’s performance in the 2008 election. “Even a race…

WATCH: 11-year-old cancer fighter’s Christmas wish

A Hopkins girl needs your help realizing her Christmas wish, one year after her battle with cancer started

HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) — A Hopkins girl needs your help realizing her Christmas wish, one year after her battle with cancer started. 11-year-old Audra Ebo has neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer that usually affected infants to 18-month-olds. Since being diagnosed within a few days after Christmas of 2014, the girl has been admitted to three hospitals 180 times. Most…

RCSD Provides Gifts and Food to Midlands Family

RCSD adopted a midlands family in need this holiday season and provided them with gifts and Christmas dinner.

Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department provided gifts and Christmas dinner to a midlands family in need Monday afternoon. Sheriff Leon Lott said on November 30th, Demetria Osborne left him a message at his office asking for help this Christmas. In the message Demetria said she had a disabled son. “I was sitting laying in the…

Red Cross Encourages Blood Donations During Holidays

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — You have a chance to save a life this holiday season. Officials with the Red Cross say they usually see a decline in blood donations around this time of year and they are urging residents to give the gift of life – by donating blood or platelets. Blood donors of all types are needed, especially those with types…

Mystery Donor Drops Annual $1K into W. Va. Kettle

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Someone has slipped a $1,000 bill into a Salvation Army kettle in Morgantown, West Virginia, every year for nearly four decades. The long-running holiday mystery continued on Saturday when a $1,000 bill was found in a kettle at a supermarket. Salvation Army Lt. Allen Adkins told media outlets that the donation is a big help. He…

Coroner Identifies Man Killed in Weekend Shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was fatally shot at an apartment complex near Interstates 20 and 26 Saturday evening. Fisher said 35-year-old Felix Jamal Jones of Newberry died as a result of a gunshot wound to the upper body just after 6:30 p.m. on December 19. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. The…

SC State Museum Holds Winter Solstice Solar Observation Day

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina State Museum is holding a special day of solar observations to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Astronomy educator Larry Metcalf is using an array of telescopes to help visitors view solar features such as sun spots and solar flares. Monday’s winter solstice marks the first day of the winter season. It also marks the…

Lindsey Graham Drops Out of 2016 Republican Presidential Race

(ABC News) — Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham is dropping out of the 2016 race for the White House. The South Carolina senator, who revealed the news in a CNN interview this morning, is the fourth GOP contender to drop out of the race, following Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Wisconsin Gov.Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. The move leaves 13…

Donations Needed for “Honor the Dream Food Drive”

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — The City of Columbia, Richland School District One and the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Foundation are accepting donations for the annual “Honor the Dream Food Drive.” The food drive is held each year to honor Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy of community service and benefits the Harvest Hope Food Bank. To donate, you can drop…

Popular Sumter attraction reopens after floods

Popular attraction, Swan Lake Iris Gardens, reopened in Sumter Saturday, after being closed for two months in the wake of historic flooding

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) —  Popular attraction, Swan Lake Iris Gardens, reopened in Sumter Saturday, after being closed for two months in the wake of historic flooding. Officials at the gardens said they finished repairs of several damaged areas to get them back open Saturday. Nearly 20 inches of rain in Sumter caused floods that damaged more than half the gardens on the…