An online petition to select a new commencement speaker for South Carolina State University is circulating after Gov. Henry McMaster was announced Wednesday as the deliverer of this year's spring address at the historically black public college.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- It's time for the students at the University of South Carolina to don their caps and gowns. Several commencements are set for Friday. According to school officials, the School of Law ceremony takes place at 9 a.m. Friday…
[gtxvideo vid='BXRLzF5i' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/BXRLzF5i.jpg' vtitle='Bridges Re-Open in Clarendon County'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--After more than 18 months several bridges damaged in the October 2015 flood reopened Thursday. The Bridges in Clarendon County are off Highway 301, North of Manning. The bridges were…
[gtxvideo vid='FwCv6xzo' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/FwCv6xzo.jpg' vtitle='SC Roads Committee Working on Bill to Fix Roads'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- A conference committee is working to pave the way for the South Carolina Roads bill. During their second meeting the conference committee got to the…
Crowds gathered across the country to bow their heads and lift the Nation up in prayer, including right here in the Capital City.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Investigators in South Carolina are trying to figure out how a shoe with a human foot inside ended up on a dock in Charleston. A police report says a woman told employees Monday that the shoe…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has announced the death of one of its female African elephants. Zoo officials say the 37 year old Elephant, named Penny, was humanely euthanized on Thursday, May 4 after she fell on exhibit…
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are requesting the community’s assistance in locating two suspects wanted for armed robbery.
[gtxvideo vid='UzV6mmmb' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/UzV6mmmb.jpg' vtitle='bbbsgc'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia is starting a new program that will match members of law enforcement with the children and families the organization currently serves. "Bigs in Blue" is…
Google said it shut down an email spam campaign that impersonated its online file service, Google Docs.
[gtxvideo vid='R3I8mVrK' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/R3I8mVrK.jpg' vtitle='Health Tips for Older Drivers'] CNN-- In this health minute, Kim Hutcherson has some tips for older drivers on how to stay alert before they get behind the wheel. Click here for the health minute tips.
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- Newberry County Coroner’s Office along with the Prosperity Police Department and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are investigating a domestic homicide that occurred this morning, May 3, 2017…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The State Superintendent of education, Molly Spearman, announced that the 2018 South Carolina teacher of the year is Erin Fox. Fox is an English teacher at Gaffney…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Unseasonably warm weather has allowed people to get outside more often this year. That may explain why reports of snake bites have increased 30 percent in South Carolina from this time a year ago. Jill Michels, Managing…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Members of the House of Representatives voted to stick with their version of the roads bill sending it to a conference committee. Members voted 107 to 7 not to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -Two men have been arrested after authorities say they tried to fly drones carrying contraband materials into a medium-security South Carolina prison. Warrants provided to The Associated Press show two…
[gtxvideo vid='EYWtAR5T' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/EYWtAR5T.jpg' vtitle='5th Congressional District Election Results'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--The Primary results in the seat to replace former Congressman Mick Mulvaney is now a race involving three candidates. In Tuesday's Primary Vote, Archie Parnell won the democratic nomination with 74…
South Carolina's Supreme Court has ruled that the state can continue to require teens convicted of serious sex crimes to register on the sex offender list released to the public.
Gov. Henry McMaster will give the commencement speech at South Carolina State University.
The House has rejected the Senate's proposal for funding road construction in South Carolina, setting up a legislative panel to try to compromise between the chambers' differing plans.
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - A 22-year-old man accused of spitting on a elderly man is in custody. Daniel Harris turned himself into investigators with the Richland County Sheriff's Department Wednesday and is charged…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are looking for a black male who is accused of stealing a hat and then punched a store employee who tried to intervene. Just after 2 p.m. on March 5 at…
Democrats will have a runoff in two weeks for a vacant South Carolina House seat.
[gtxvideo vid='LsVMp9se' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/LsVMp9se.jpg' vtitle='rosewood crawfish fest'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - The twelfth annual Rosewood Crawfish festival will bring 10,000 pounds of crawfish, and more than 10,000 people to the Columbia neighborhood Saturday. Dave Britt, the executive director the of the Rosewood…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A bill strengthening South Carolina's public records law by reducing fees and wait times for documents again faces opposition in the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to advance the legislation to the Senate floor.…
