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Tifani Moore
Local News, News, Politics

Tifani Moore to win Lexington-Richland 5 Board seat in special election

Unofficial results show Moore has 56% of the vote
ABC Columbia Staff,

IRMO, SC (WOLO) – The race to fill a vacant school board seat in Lexington-Richland District 5 has come to an close. Tifani Moore will win the seat in a special election held Tuesday. Unofficial results from the Richland County Election Commission show Moore had 56 percent of the vote and will beat Haley Griggs and Jeff Herring with at…

National News, News, Politics

US official: American, Taliban officials to talk on evacuees

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. official says Americans will meet with senior Taliban officials for talks to ease evacuations of foreign nationals and some Afghans from Afghanistan. The focus of talks Saturday and Sunday in Doha, Qatar, will be holding Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders to commitments that they would allow Americans and other foreign nationals to leave the country. The U.S….

Budget Proviso Richland
Local News, News, Politics, Richland, State

Richland School District Two Board want to repeal budget proviso

The board will meet Tuesday September 28, 2021
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Richland School District Two board members will consider calling on state legislators to repeal a controversial budget proviso. At Tuesday night’s meeting, according to its agenda the board will vote on a resolution urging the General Assembly to repeal budget proviso 1.108. That’s  controversial proviso that prohibits school districts in South Carolina from using state funds…

Charleston Co Schools No Mask Back Home
Local News, National News, News, Politics, State

Charleston Co. students sent home for refusing to wear masks

More than a dozen students were sent home, more than adozen parents protesting the action
ABC Team,

(CNN) Charleston Co., SC —Some Charleston County students are now learning from home after not wearing a mask at school. Reporter Rob Way spoke with the School Board Chair about the new policy being enforced and tells us masks may be required longer than first planned. According to school officials, Thursday 15 students refused to comply with mask mandate put…

Sc I26 Widening Project
Local News, News, Politics, State

Interstate 26 expansion plans sped up to alleviate congestion

$360 million from President Biden's 'American Rescue Plan Act will pay for project
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — South Carolina drivers could soon see some relief on one of our state’s busiest interstates. Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Transportation announced plans to speed up the widening of interstate-26 spanning from Columbia to Charleston within the next 3 to 4 years. Governor McMaster says they’ll use more than $360-million dollars…

Lex 2 Logo
Local News, News, Politics

Lexington Two to require masks at all schools starting Friday

ABC Columbia Staff,

LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) – Lexington School District Two has approved an immediate emergency mask mandate for all of its schools starting immediately. Students, staff and visitors will be required to wear a mask. The Board of Trustees approved the measure by a 5-2 vote during a special called board meeting Thursday. According to the district, more than 2,000 Lexington Two…

End Of 20 Year War
National News, News, Politics, State

President Biden stands by decision to end 20 year war

Not everyone is happy over the decision including S.C. Senator Tim Scott
CNN,

(CNN) — President Joe Biden is speaking out, firmly defending his decision to withdraw U.S. Troops from Afghanistan. The president spoke Tuesday announcing an official end to the 20 year war, the longest in America’s history. US Senator Tim Scott South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is just one of the many who have disagreed with the decision to withdraw some…

National News, News, Politics

Many Americans remain after US military leaves Kabul

Associated Press,

UNDATED (AP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken says fewer than 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan who want to leave and the U.S. will continue to try to get them out. Blinken says the number of Americans left may be closer to 100. He says the U.S. would work with Afghanistan’s neighbors to secure their departure either overland or by…
Local News, News, Politics, State

Man accused of soliciting person he thought was a minor for sex

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson says the suspect also sent explicit images
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: SC Office of the Attorney General/logo Greenville, SC (WOLO) — A Simpsonville man is facing up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted of accusations that allege 40 year old Landon Gibson solicited someone officials say he thought was a minor. Authorities say Gibson is also accused of sending a sexually explicit image to the person as…

National News, News, Politics

US forces keep up Kabul evacuation under threat of more attacks

Associated Press,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another attack are racing to complete the evacuation from Kabul’s airport, the day after a suicide bombing at the gates wrote a devastating final chapter to the war in Afghanistan. The death toll has risen to 169 Afghans, a number that could increase as authorities examine…