[gtxvideo vid='wpY9ML7W' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/wpY9ML7W.jpg' vtitle='Watch: Sumter Casket Company Fire'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- A massive blaze at a Casket Company in Sumter put area firefighters on alert and blocked traffic. It happened off Magnolia street in Sumter. According to officials, firefighters were…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A group of small businesses, environmental groups and community leaders are joining together for the first time to ask South Carolina regulators to reject part of a rate increase to pay for nuclear power plants under…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are looking for a suspect who allegedly robbed an employee at the Bluff Road Waffle House at gunpoint. 21-year-old Timothy Napoleon is…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) - The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Sunday evening who they said kidnapped and assaulted his mother and sister. Matt Samuel Cox, 46, of Sumter, was charged with two counts of kidnapping and one count each of assault and battery of…
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) - Lexington County deputies are searching for a Gaston man wanted on two first degree domestic violence arrest warrants. John Horace Baugher, 44, struck a female victim and threw her to the floor on two occasions, according to…
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) - An Orangeburg man has been charged with armed robbery and carjacking after a man was robbed at gunpoint last week. Tykeem Johnson, 20, was charged with armed robbery, carjacking and a weapons charge after his arrest.…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) - Sumter County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating after a suspect in a shooting at a Sumter Club crashed his car into a masonic lodge early Sunday morning.…
[gtxvideo vid='6nlDTIGW' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/6nlDTIGW.jpg' vtitle='Watch: New Tunnel Greenway Project opens in Columbia'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--One of the project's funded under the Richland County Penny tax is now complete. City of Columbia and Richland County Leaders have officially opened the Lincoln Tunnel…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Richland County Deputies are getting extra training on the job in the form of a Warriors versus Guardians program. ABC Columbia news got an up close look inside the department's program. Deputies are taught how to see…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- In the wake of several recent firings at the Columbia Fire department due to Social Media posts , we talk with an expert about the Do's and Don'ts of posting on Facebook and Twitter. Experts say those…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - The City of West Columbia has lifted a boil water advisory affecting water customers in the following area: All of Dawn Drive The water supply has been thoroughly tested and boiling water is no longer…
HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) - Richland County Coroner Gary Watts is releasing the name of the individual who died as a result of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on July 7 at Old Hopkins and Montgomery Roads in Hopkins. Robert…
GADSDEN, S.C. (WOLO) - Richland County Sheriff's deputies say an altercation between a man and his niece's boyfriend ended in a fatal shooting Saturday in Gadsden. Public information officer Lt. Curtis Wilson reported that as of 11:20 a.m., Charles Hopkins,…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) - Sumter Police say the suspect in a fatal shooting Friday has turned himself in. Officials believe Bernie Peoples III, 28, is responsible for killing Ante Lavern Witherspoon. Officers said they responded to Dibert Street just after 4…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - An Army veteran with PTSD says he was kicked-out of a Columbia hotel because of his service dog. The hotel says he broke the rules, so they…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) SOUTH CAROLINA – Gearing up to head back to class? The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department wants to make your first day back to school a safe one. They are offering a College Safety Program at the training…
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - Orangeburg County Sheriff’s investigators are searching for a quantity of heavy duty equipment stolen this week. On June 13, a North man called saying more…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - A Whitmire man has been charged with three counts of distribution of crack cocaine and second offense possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana. Officers from the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office and Whitmire Police…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - According to officials with the Columbia Police Department, a person is dead following an accident involving two motorcycles and a car on North Main Street Friday afternoon. The initial investigation indicates…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (PRESS RELEASE/WOLO) - Rev. Dr. Ronnie Elijah Brailsford, Sr. has been elected and consecrated the 136th Bishop in the 200 year history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church during the denomination's General Conference, which was…
pet, of the week, palmetto, puppy, adopt
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WOLO) - A 41-year-old man is behind bars in connection to what authorities with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office say was the county’s largest chop shop operation. Sheriff Leroy Ravenell said the arrest…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) - An evening of playing video games turned violent Thursday evening, police say. Authorities with the Richland County Sheriff's Department say deputies responded to Highgate Circle around 11 p.m. where a victim suffering from non life-threatening injuries.…
