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Gas Prices Drop in the Midlands

COLUMBIA, DC (WOLO) -- Prices at the pump have fallen, slightly, at the start of this second week in February. According to GasBuddy, gas prices in Columbia have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.32 a gallon.…

5 Adults, 3 Children Displaced After Mobile Home Fire

LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Eight people have been displaced after a mobile home caught fire Sunday morning. Lexington County Fire Service responded to the 100 Block of Greenfields Road to a single wide Mobile home fire. Authorities say the fire…

RCSD Investigating After 3 Men Injured in Shooting

RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Three men were shot after an altercation Saturday night, according to deputies. Just before midnight deputies responded to a shots fired called at the intersection of Henry and Main street. That where deputies say they found…

Museum of Art to Host Global Art Sunday

COLUMBIA,  SC (WOLO) -- The Columbia Museum of art is hosting CMA Global Sunday. According to the organizers, the CMA will pair a special Passport to Art with Baker & Baker concert series to create a Sunday focused on global…

Sentencing Monday for Former State Lawmaker in Corruption Case

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Sentencing is set Monday for a former South Carolina lawmaker who pleaded guilty to charges in an investigation of corruption at the Statehouse. The sentencing of former Lexington Rep. Rick Quinn is set Monday morning in Beaufort.…

Hundreds Take The Plunge in Lake Murray

LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- Hundreds took the plunge in Lake Murray Saturday afternoon for a good cause. The group,  Law Enforcement Torch Run For The Special Olympics put on the event. Organizers say each…

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run

SUMTER COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal hit and run Saturday morning. The hit and run happened a little after 5:00am on TB Wright Road at Spencer Road in Rembert. Troopers believe a car was…

SC Woman Convicted of Dumping Newborn in Trash

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina woman has been convicted of dumping her newborn daughter in an apartment trash bin. An Horry County jury on Thursday convicted Shelby Taylor of Myrtle Beach of attempted murder. Taylor will be sentenced…

Jury convicts woman for dumping newborn in dumpster

[gtxvideo vid='BbPRKrAZ' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BbPRKrAZ.jpg' vtitle='Jury convicts woman for dumping newborn in dumpster'] HORRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO) - A Socastee woman has been convicted of dumping her newborn daughter in an apartment trash bin. Thursday (2/9), an Horry County jury found Shelby…

NTSB Continues Investigation

NTSB Officials are expected to remain here in Columbia throughout the weekend as they continue investigating the deadly Amtrak train crash.

Call on State to Sell Santee Cooper

The electric co-ops are pushing for the sale of the VC Summer Nuclear Plant. Click here to find out what's being done as officials take a closer look at the proposal.

First child flu-related death reported in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - A flu-related illness has taken the life of a child in the Midlands,  according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The death occurred in DHEC's Midlands Health Region. This is the first…

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