CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- As Clemson battles for the national football title in Arizona, it's a Citadel graduate and a Gamecock fan who will lead the squadron of fighter jets flying over the stadium before the game. The Citadel says…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Columbia Mayor Stephen Benjamin is set to present the 2016 State of the City Address at the end of this month. The Mayor will outline his goals and vision for the City of Columbia and for…
Musician David Bowie has died at the age of 69, his representative confirmed to ABC News. The singer had been battling cancer for more than a year, according to a statement on his official Facebook page. "David Bowie died peacefully…
PHOENIX, AZ (WOLO) -- ABC Columbia Sports Director Tim Hill talks to the Clemson Tigers about adjusting to life in the desert, ahead of the team's College Football Playoff game…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Seven of the Republicans vying for the party's presidential nomination were in Columbia Saturday, taking part in the "Kemp Forum on Expanding Opportunity" poverty summit. The forum…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) -- Sumter Police have charged 16-year-old Jordan Jackson with murder in connection to a fatal shooting at a Miller Road apartment complex. Police say Jackson is being held at a state Department of Juvenile Justive facility, awaiting…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officers are investigating a fatal shooting that happened early Saturday morning on Lady Street. Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook says a man was shot around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, on the 1000 block of Lady Street. Chief Holbrook…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a death at the scene of a suspicious fire Friday night on Quiet Lane. Officials say they responded to the fire just after 5 p.m. Friday at 1145 Quiet Ln. While…
The City of Columbia Animal Shelter has three year plan in place to become "no kill" shelter.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- The Richland County Sheriff's Department is crediting science as what helped them solve a murder case. On Friday, Sheriff Leon Lott announced the Sheriff's Department Crime Lab led them to the murder suspects from a…
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Two people are facing charges after firefighter's responding to a house fire in the 500 block of Railgate Loop in Lugoff discovered meth. Authorities arrested 27-year-old Katrina Severson and 25-year-old Andrew Dylan Wells and charged the pair with manufacturing…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A West Columbia man has been arrested for soliciting minors online for prostitution. Stephen Patrick Skacall is accused of sexual exploitation of minors after he allegedly solicited minors for prostitution online, officials say. Skacall was arrested Thursday January…
CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officers with the Cayce Department of Public Safety are asking the community for assistance in locating a missing teenager. Authorities say 14-year-old Elka Makenna James was reported as a runaway by…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officers with the Columbia Police Department are conducting a death investigation after the body of a man was found outside a home on Queen Street Friday morning. Death investigation @ 900 block of Queen St.…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Authorities have arrested a 33-year-old man who was wanted in connection to a double murder on Archer Avenue in December. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott…
Costa Pleicones sworn in as South Carolina Supreme Court Justice
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) -- The state of South Carolina is taking a stand against domestic violence. On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley announced the recommendations made by her domestic violence task force. The task force compiled 50 total recommendations, the Governor…
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) -- Clemson University Police are investigating after graffiti was spray-painted on Tillman Hall, a campus building named for a former South Carolina governor who was…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Long-serving South Carolina State Senator William O'Dell has died. The 77-year-old chairman of the Senate General Committee died Thursday morning. He represented District Four, which covers part of Anderson, Abbeville, and Greenwood Counties. O'Dell, a Citadel graduate,…
HOLLY HILL, S.C. (WOLO) -- A Holly Hill man is behind bars after allegedly shooting a woman multiple times at a home on Old State Road in Holly Hill early Thursday morning. Darrien Weeks,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The University of South Carolina has banned hoverboards in dormitories and a school spokesman says the university is considering banning them from campus entirely. Local media outlets report that university spokesman Jeff Stensland says hoverboards are…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A family of four returned home only to catch two suspected thieves inside their Crestview Avenue home Wednesday night. Authorities say the duo came exited the home around 10 p.m. to find the homeowners parked in their…
FOREST ACRES, S.C. (WOLO) -- Locally-owned businesses in Forest Acres have made it their mission to reopen after historic flooding, for their customers and their livelihood. Three feet of water filled…
Ticket sales soar as Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot grows to $500 million.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce unveiled their 2016 competitiveness agenda on Wednesday afternoon. “It’s very important that we help develop a work force that’s ready for the next century," said SC Chamber President Ted…
