COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — A legacy of education was honored Monday as part of Midlands Technical College's Black History Month program. During a ceremony, Harbison Junior College was highlighted. The school served as a college for black students during segregation.…
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- A former police officer is finding himself on the other side of the law after being charged with misconduct in office. 41-year-old Marshall Hardin, II allegedly watched adult pornography on his personal cell phone while rubbing his gentials…
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (WOLO) — Police charged a North Carolina man wanted in South Carolina with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Investigators say 22-year-old Bryan Dozier, of Kings Mountain was arrested on Thursday, February 18 after an investigation…
One man is dead and another is missing after their boat capsized on Lake Marion.
(WOLO) Columbia, S.C., --- The GOP rivals may have come and gone, but now Democrats are making their way to the Palmetto state for their first in the South Primary set for Saturday February 27th. Bernie Sanders not leaving…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Police responded to the scene of a shots fired at Columbiana Mall in Harbison over the weekend. According to Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook two people pulled guns and fired…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officials with the Richland County Sheriff's Department say that they are investigating a suspicious death at a motel on Nates Road. Lt. Curtis Wilson with the Richland County Sheriff's…
[gtxvideo vid='iPywz3ac' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/iPywz3ac.jpg' vtitle='Watch: To Kill A Mockingbird Author Dies '] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_American writer, Harper Lee, famous for her race relations novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" has died. The classic won Lee the 1961 Pulitzer Prize. Harper Lee was…
[gtxvideo vid='7NTgcsk6' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/7NTgcsk6.jpg' vtitle='WOLO_2016_02_19_18_03_15'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Ted Cruz had a celebrity guest Friday campaigning along the coast. Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty" fame appeared at Cruz events in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. A Washington Post poll released Friday…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- This week on ABC Columbia, our team is profiling each GOP candidate ahead of the first in the south primary. High off his success in New Hampshire, where he finished 2nd, presidential hopeful John Kasich…
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Two men are behind bars after a traffic stop lead to the discovery of drugs and firearms. Officials with the Sumter County Sheriff's Offfice say that 32-year-old Mark Floyd and 29-year-old Llyod Evans were stopped…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A judge set bond at $500,000 for a man accused of killing his wife's lover. On Friday, 49-year-old Gregorio Leon appeared at the Lexington county courthouse for a hearing on charges of murder and attempted murder.…
[gtxvideo vid='JfUpDA4d' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/JfUpDA4d.jpg' vtitle='Watch: Lexington Murder Victim Illegal Immigrant'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington county coroner Margaret Fisher says the reason why she can not identify a man who was shot and killed this weekend in Lexington is because he…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Fresh off of her endorsement of Republican Presidential Candidate Marco Rubio, Gov. Nikki Haley is following through on her promise and hitting the campaign trail. Thursday morning, Haley spoke at a Rubio rally in Greenville where…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- On Thursday, ABC Columbia's Jennifer Ready sat down with GOP Presidential candidate Jeb Bush during a campaign stop in the midlands. During the interview, they discussed his foreign policy experience, his contenders and his recent…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- On television shows, a case can be opened and closed in less than an hour. Laurin Barnes and Kaitlin Hffstetler, daughters of Columbia murder victim Charles Kusko, say in reality this is far from the truth.…
POWDERSVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ The driver of a pickup truck is dead after his vehicle was hit by a motorist being chased by a Greenville County sheriff's deputy. Anderson County Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman tells local media outlets that the…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- A welfare-check after a 6-year-old child was not picked up from school on Wednesday, lead to the discovery of two bodies in what authorities say was a murder-suicide. Officials say the school's resource officer knocked on the…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is requesting the community’s assistance identifying two suspects wanted for theft and fraud. During October's historic flooding in the state, the victim was helping others in need in the 6000 block…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Two teenagers were arrested Wednesday night after they robbed a man in the 6300 hundred block of Fairfield Road at gunpoint. Authorities say 18-year-old Diamante Watts and a 14-year-old male accomplice road up behind the 23-year-old victim as he walked…
(ABC News) -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential hopeful Marco Rubio Wednesday, ahead of the state’s Republican primary Saturday -– the jewel in the crown of Rubio’s Palmetto State endorsements. Haley’s nod could be a big…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)-- The Senate has unanimously approved giving Leroy Smith another four-year term running the South Carolina's Department of Public Safety. Senators took a few minutes away from a filibuster on road funding Wednesday to give Smith a second…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO) -- One Lexington County deputy injured in a crash Wednesday remains hospitalized. Three deputies were injured after they struck each other responding to a burglary. A spokesperson for the sheriff's department says the accident took place around 9pm…
[gtxvideo vid='8s1Joy4x' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/8s1Joy4x.jpg' vtitle='United Way Dental'] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)_People in need will have more access to free dental and eye care in the Midlands. The United Way announced it is expanding its clinic at the Richland County Health Department by…
Chapin, S.C. (ABC News)--Gov. Nikki Haley threw her support behind presidential candidate Marco Rubio Wednesday ahead of the GOP primary this weekend. "I wanted somebody with fight. I wanted somebody with passion. I wanted somebody that had conviction to do…
