COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The Columbia Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its' K-9's. According to Columbia Police, two year old Turbo, a yellow labrador retriever, experienced a heat-related work injury on Thursday and died Saturday as a…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--Looking to speak out on issues regarding Fair Housing? The city is giving you the chance to talk this Saturday. According to the City of Columbia, the Community Development Department will host a “Speak Out A conversation on…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- SCE&G will perform tree trimming along overhead utility lines in some Columbia neighborhoods. The tree trimming will take place over the next two weeks. According to city officials, the following areas will see tree trimming: Arsenal Hill…
[gtxvideo vid='f8D4dpJz' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/f8D4dpJz.jpg' vtitle='Jehovah's witness convention'] Columbia, SC. (WOLO)-- More than 15-thousand Jehovah's witnesses are in Columbia for their annual convention. The theme this year is 'Be Courageous'. Members from North and South Carolina and Georgia are expected to be…
Two Sumter teens are facing 11 charges including kidnapping, and attempted murder after authorities say they took three teens hostage, and forced them to strip before forcing them into a car they are later accused of stealing.
The first of several solar energy plants is coming to the Midlands, Friday State officials broke ground on the first of four facilities.
A man Kershaw police say is no stranger to authorities finds himself in trouble with the law for the third time in a period of five months.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-- Richland County residents can rest a little easier tonight knowing one of the “armed and dangerous” suspects Deputies were looking for is behind bars. Richland County deputies are giving all the…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) - A former Midlands Boy Scouts leader, Heath Mills, was called "abhorrent" by the organization after he was arrested as a part of an online predator sting led by the Richland County Sheriff's Department. Mills was charged…
Thousands of Jehovah's Witnesses converge on the Capital City for their annual Regional Convention.
[gtxvideo vid='zOFuDqV4' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/zOFuDqV4.jpg' vtitle='Lexington teacher DUI'] Lexington, S.C. (WOLO) - 30-year-old Nicole Wilson, former Lexington County special education teacher, was sentenced to 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony DUI resulting in death. The victim, 75-year-old Roger Johnson,…
A Kershaw county man accused in several crimes that's landed him behind bars three times in 5 months finds himself in trouble with the law, again.
A former special education teacher at Lexington Elementary School teacher will spend the next seven years in prison.
Newberry County Deputies say the missing 16 year old girl was found safe early this morning.
Little River, S.C. (WPDE) — South Carolina State Senator Greg Hembree is in the hospital Thursday night after suffering, what is believed to be a small aneurysm, according to 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson. Richardson says Hembree has some bleeding on…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) - The Richland County Sheriff's Department is searching for two armed and extremely dangerous fugitives. Officials say 39-year-old Amos Hosey and 33-year-old Harrell Williams were engaged in an altercation with another man on July 13. Following the…
[gtxvideo vid='IzGDuhQQ' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/IzGDuhQQ.jpg' vtitle='Woman pleads guilty to killing 17-month-old child'] SPARTANBURG, SC (WOLO) - An upstate woman pleaded guilty to killing her 17-month-old daughter with salt. Spartanburg prosecutor Barry Barnette says Kemberly Martines, 25, was sentenced Wednesday (7/25) to 30…
[gtxvideo vid='reslJfAu' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/reslJfAu.jpg' vtitle='Hundreds remain separated at deadline to reunite detain'] (WOLO, ABC NEWS) - Thursday (7/26) was the deadline for the government to reunite immigrant families separated at the US border after entering the US illegally. The separations stem…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)-- Sheriff Leon Lott is calling it one of the most successful sting operations in the state. Operation Full Armor captured 38 in total for solicitation. A dozen of the…
Snow days will soon be a thing of the past for one South Carolina school district,
The Richland County Sheriff's Department is searching for two women accused of stealing t-shirts from area store before assaulting the worker.
Blythewood, S.C. (WOLO)-- Officials in Blythewood are warning neighbors to be on the lookout for coyotes. According to the Blythewood Town Hall's Facebook page, a pack of coyotes has been seen…
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Anderson County, S.C. (AP) - Snow days will soon be a thing of the past in one Upstate school district. According to the Anderson Independent Mail, Anderson School District 5 will be the first in…
Spartanburg Co., S.C. (AP)--An Upstate woman pleaded guilty to killing her 17 month old daughter with salt to try to convince her husband to come home. Spartanburg prosecutor Barry Barnette says 25 year old Kimberly Martines was sentenced Wednesday to…
