(ABC News) — Fifty percent of American voters say they would be “embarrassed” if Donald Trump were president, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. The current Republican frontrunner, whose 28 percent support in this poll tops his competition for the GOP nomination, would make 23 percent of voters “proud,” the poll found. Other recent national polls…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Officials with Richland County officials say they’re monitoring a dam that’s cresting in Richland County. The dam is located in the northeast part of the county at a lake near Farrow Road and Brickyard Road. Officials say the South Carolina Emergency Management Division is aware of the conditions and are monitoring it closely. The City of Columbia…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court says two new hospitals can be built in Berkeley County. The court late last week turned down an attempt by Trident Health to block plans by Roper St. Francis to build a 50-bed hospital in Berkeley County. Trident already had plans to build a 50-bed hospital in the county. The justices…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will finish his goal of visiting all 46 counties in South Carolina in 2015 with several days to spare. Scott plans a trip Tuesday to Dillon County to meet people and business leaders at Citizens Bank in Dillon at 10:15 a.m. The Republican will then head down Interstate 95 and meet with…
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Police are investigating a theft at the Salvation Army of Spartanburg after two presents donated to help those less fortunate were stolen. Authorities tell media outlets a Salvation Army employee is responsible for taking a gaming system and television that had been donated to give to a family in need this Christmas. Capt. Donnie Marvels, who…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
