COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina would pay for high school students and the unemployed to train for available South Carolina jobs under legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House. The bill approved Wednesday, expands dual-enrollment opportunities for high school students, so…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina senators spent five hours in committee meetings trying to hash out details of a bill to increase road funding. In Wednesday's Senate Finance Committee, a few lawmakers discussed a new tax cut wrinkle _ lowering…
Supporters rally for National School Choice week and Governor Nikki Haley endorses bill to streamline workforce development.
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- Presidential hopeful Donald Trump dropped out of Thursday night's GOP debate, just days before the Iowa caucuses. Trump took took aim at hosting network Fox News and news anchor Megyn Kelly. “I think she’s a…
COLUMBIA _ (AP)_Two relatives of an 82-year-old woman who authorities say died after she sat in the same chair for six months have been charged with neglect, according to warrants obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The documents show that…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Columbia firefighters battle a structure fire in the 900 block of Fiske Street Wednesday afternoon.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The University of South Carolina's, HRTM 362 hospitality management class is looking to give one lucky couple the wedding of their dreams. They are looking for an engaged couple to plan a free wedding for.…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday moved forward with her threat to sue the U.S. Department of Energy for the agency's failure to meet a Jan. 1 nuclear fuel deadline, asking South Carolina's top prosecutor to pursue litigation…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin delivered his 2016 State of the City address Tuesday night. The mayor, inspired by his daughter's love for math, started by breaking…
Celebrating 30 years of support for the Special Olympics
Kicking off 30 years of support for the Special Olympics.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's unemployment rate stayed right where it was last month to end 2015. The state Department of Employment and Workforce said Tuesday that South Carolina's jobless rate was 5.5 percent in December, the same as…
There was not an Earthquake in Charleston. Officials believe it was a sonic boom.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) -- On Tuesday morning, Representative Mike Pitts defended his bill requiring journalists to register with the state. The bill is structured similar to the law requiring gun owners to register to carry a concealed weapon in South…
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) _ Deputies in Charleston County are investigating the death of a man found dead in a house on Johns Island last week as a homicide. News outlets report the Charleston County Coroner's Office on Monday identified…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C (WOLO) -- We now know the identity of the individual who was shot and killed while attempting to rob a barber shop Friday night. 35-year-old Adeyemi Herschelle Hannibal died from complications of multiple gunshot wounds to the upper…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina House members are trying to increase their productivity by limiting random introductions of school groups, beauty pageant winners and other constituents who drop by the Statehouse. A proposal advanced to the House floor Tuesday…
RCSD gives new details on Byron Road Apartment shooting that claimed the life of a Texas murder suspect.
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department need the public's help identifying a suspect wanted for shoplifting at multiple home improvement stores. 35-year-old Matthew Deaver is wanted for three counts of shoplifting after he allegedly…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will soon say where the capital city stands. He'll be delivering the State of the City Address, Tuesday night at 6 p.m. ABC Columbia will have a crew on the scene for the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The South Carolina legislator whose journalism registry proposal touched off a media firestorm says he never actually wanted to require reporters to register with the state, but the instant backlash made his point. Republican Rep. Mike Pitts…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) - A Midlands family, that lost everything in the October flood, has found home again in an unlikely place, but they're lucky. Columbia transitional housing shelter, St. Lawrence…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Emergency Responders were called out to the Jarvis Klapman Bridge and 12th Street Bridge Monday evening, to conduct a water search. Crews blocked traffic as they conducted a search for a possible jumper. Further details are…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A former Columbia City Councilman who was released on bond in early January for failing to file tax returns will no longer oversee Richland County's penny tax funds. Attorneys for Brian DeQuincey Newman said he will resign as Chairman…
The Citadel Military College is suspending 14 cadets for appearing in a viral picture wearing pillowcases on their heads.
