COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - Columbia Fire says it responded to two house fires early Thursday morning. Authorities say it appears both houses were abandoned. Crews responded to the first around 4:45 a.m. in the 2400 block of Santee Avenue, in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- A Midlands civil rights activist is opening a restaurant filled with people who have left their mark in Columbia, and the world. "So many people have contributed to American culture…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Historic Columbia is making sure you get a chance to brush up on your history this February. All throughout Black History Month the organization will be honoring the rich…
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA (CNN) -- Groundhog Day is Thursday, and some people are willing to shell out big bucks for a glimpse at Punxsutawney Phil. Hotel website Trivago recently looked at average hotel rates in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where Phil appears every…
[gtxvideo vid='9jhm0HTf' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9jhm0HTf.jpg' vtitle='SC State Enrollment'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Enrollment is on the way up at SC State University, according to the University President. President James Clark told state lawmakers the number of students increased in the Spring semester to more than…
[gtxvideo vid='V0fhuBQr' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/V0fhuBQr.jpg' vtitle='Muschamp Not Quick to Praise this Year's Recruiting Class'] Though Carolina did pull in the #17 rated recruiting class and added tremendous depth on the defensive line and secondary, Will Muschamp won't rate this class until they…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- The International Ministry at First Baptist Church in Columbia is dedicated to helping people from other countries. Reverend Ryan Dupree said the ministry seeks to make the newcomers feel welcome. "They come to a strange world when…
[gtxvideo vid='tYx3o0E4' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/tYx3o0E4.jpg' vtitle='SC DOT Roads'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The director of South Carolina's transportation department says roads have deteriorated so badly, it will take a decade just to climb out of the maintenance hole created over the last…
Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook said a fire that occurred at the Plantation Court Apartments Sunday was intentionally set.
Orangeburg County investigators are asking for the public's help with identifying the suspect or suspects who they say were caught on surveillance video stealing a truck from a parking lot.
An eighth-grade student was arrested in Sumter County Wednesday after police say a loaded handgun was found in the student's backpack.
Columbia Police are investigating after human remains were found in a wooded area on Earth Road.
A Circuit Court judge from Sumter is South Carolina's newest Supreme Court justice.
A sheriff's deputy in Kershaw County was led on a high speed chase early Wednesday morning by a 56-year-old woman who authorities say has a lengthy criminal history.
A 47-year-old man is accused of scamming a victim out of thousands of dollars for home remodeling repairs and working without a license.
Enrollment is rising slowly at South Carolina State University as the Orangeburg school recovers from financial problems.
Two suspects are sought in the armed robbery of a Dollar General on Two Notch Road.
A not so sweet study shows children are gulping down too much sugar, affecting calorie intake and health.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- Hundreds of Demonstrators flooded the State House grounds Tuesday evening to protest President Donald Trump's travel ban barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entry into the United…
South Carolina's prisons agency wants to install netting along the fences that surround its high- and medium-security prisons to prevent people from tossing over cellphones and other contraband.
A polling official in Sumter County has been charged with trying to coerce voters as she worked at the polls during last summer's state primary election.
Authorities are looking for a man who demanded prescription pills from a pharmacy employee at a Richland County Rite Aid last week.
The White House announced Tuesday that President Trump will continue a 2014 Obama-era order protecting LGBTQ employees who work for federal contractors from workplace discrimination.
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The question "Who wants to be a millionaire?" has special meaning for a Sumter man after he won a $1 million lottery prize Monday.
