COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--If you are looking to start the New year by stopping smoking, Palmetto Health is offering a free cessation program. According to Palmetto Health, they will offer free tobacco cessation programs to residents of Richland, Lexington, Fairfield and…
Columbia, SC (WOLO)-- Here's to a healthy and happy 2019. ABC Columbia News wishes you a Happy New year. Join us at 6pm and 11pm for a look at the day's top stories and a year in review. Plus, wake…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- Columbia police are investigating a deadly early Monday morning shooting. Police say it happened at around 3am Monday on McRae St. Investigators say one male victim was shot and killed.…
If you plan on heading out to ring in the new year, one local company is making sure you do so safely.
Columbia, (WOLO) --- It's a holly jolly time of the year and many of you may be expecting family and friends to come into the area to visit for the holidays. If so, and you are looking to get…
ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) - A rural South Carolina electric company which threw out its entire board because of high salaries and other problems now has nine new members. The new Tri-County Electric Cooperative board was sworn in at a…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)- A woman accused in the death of her five month old child was in court Monday afternoon. Bond was denied today for Kaitlynn Busby on charges of homicide by child abuse and possession of methamphetamine. Deputies began…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO)-Deputies are investigating a shooting that sent one woman to the hospital. The incident happened Saturday morning in the 200 block of Whiteford Way. Deputies say the female victim was transported to an area hospital with a gunshot…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's state owned utility is suing its partner in a failed nuclear project, saying the privately-owned South Carolina Electric & Gas committed fraud and misconduct that caused billions of dollars to be wasted on the…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Police in South Carolina say they found a man asleep in the drive-thru of a fast food restaurant with a loaded gun in his lap. An Orangeburg Public Safety report says someone called police around 4:50…
[gtxvideo vid='JB1gdreY' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JB1gdreY.jpg' vtitle='Seal hanging out at Myrtle Beach'] MYRTLE BEACH, SC-- The seal that captivated Myrtle Beach has returned to the city at least four times, making a normally rare sight somewhat of a common occurrence over the Christmas holiday.…
ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)- Orangeburg county deputies are looking for a man who robbed a senior citizen at gunpoint. The incident happened Saturday around 10a.m. in the 500 block of Shadowlawn Drive. Deputies say the 83-year-old victim was on Shadowlaw when…
[gtxvideo vid='pRFit1YI' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/pRFit1YI.jpg' vtitle='Winter storm slamming South, Northeast ahead of New Year'] ABC NEWS--A major winter storm is slamming the middle part of the country, and is moving East. And there could be ice and snow in store for the…
Sumter Co., S.C. (WOLO)-- Sumter County deputies are searching for as suspect in a Christmas Day shooting. Investigators say D'aundree Wilson was involved in the incident at El Cheapo on Broad St. across the street from Shaw Air Force Base.…
Charlotte, N.C. (WOLO)--Mike Gillespie and Greg Brzozowski were on the field ahead of the Gamecocks match up with Virginia in the Belk Bowl!
Click the video to watch ABC Columbia's one-on-one interview with USC head coach Will Muschamp ahead of the Gamecocks Belk Bowl tilt with Virginia Saturday.
[gtxvideo vid='HuIjQj8A' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/HuIjQj8A.jpg' vtitle='Troopers Investigating pedestrian struck'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--State Troopers are investigating an accident in Orangeburg County where they say a pedestrian was struck and killed. Investigators say it happened just after 8:15 on Highway 6 near Cable Drive. The…
[gtxvideo vid='SkAbDrAa' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/SkAbDrAa.jpg' vtitle='Longtime Midlands Sports Anchor Bob Shields Dies'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Longtime Midlands Sports Director, Bob Shields, passed away Friday. Bob Shields served as sports director at CBS affiliate WLTX in Columbia from 1983 to 2010. Shields was a…
[gtxvideo vid='8RAjSBOx' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8RAjSBOx.jpg' vtitle='Fairfield County accident victim identified'] FAIRFIELD COUNTY, SC (WOLO)-- Investigators in Fairfield County have identified the victim in a fatal crash from Thursday night. Officials with the Coroner's office say 34 year old Tamarquay Coleman of Blair died…
[gtxvideo vid='qEaEA4Tm' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qEaEA4Tm.jpg' vtitle='Belk Bowl on ABC Columbia-Mushchamp and team ready for game'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--The Gamecocks are set to take the field in Charlotte to face Virginia in the Belk Bowl. Mike Gillespie has more on what the players…
[gtxvideo vid='lcPli0LC' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/lcPli0LC.jpg' vtitle='Police: Orangeburg Man in drive thru with machine gun'] ORANGEBURG, SC (WOLO)-- Police in Orangeburg say they found a man asleep in a fast food drive through with a loaded machine gun in his lap. According to…
[gtxvideo vid='EYBv9hlp' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EYBv9hlp.jpg' vtitle='Some storm damage in the Midlands'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-Friday night the storms cleared but not before some people in the midlands saw damage from rain and wind. Take a look at this home on Bilton Road off…
Irmo, S.C. (WOLO)-- The Midlands did not escape unscathed as storms rolled through the area Monday afternoon. A home on Bilton Rd. off of Broad River Rd. in Irmo had a large tree…
One day before facing off against Virginia, Will Muschamp and a handful of Carolina players met at the Charlotte Convention Center on Friday before their Belk Bowl battle with Virginia.
