RALEIGH, N.C. (WOLO) -- The North Carolina State Parks system is offering guided hikes on New Year's Day, to kick-off its year-long celebration of its centennial. State parks Director Mike Murphy says the hikes will usher in a year of anniversary…
[gtxvideo vid="i2hoTHql" playlist="" pid="XSbotlye" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/i2hoTHql-120.jpg" vtitle="Handicapped Man's Van Stolen on Christmas Eve"] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A quadriplegic Columbia man needs your help finding his specially-outfitted van, stolen from in front of his house on Christmas Eve, sometime after 11…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A shooting at a Christmas house party sent a man to the hospital Friday night. Richland County Sheriff's deputies say the incident happened in the 400 block of Bridgecreek Drive in Northeast Richland County, north of the Village…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a shooting on Hard Scrabble Road. Officials say they responded around 12:30 a.m. Saturday to the 4300 block of the road in Northeast Richland County. They say the shooting was incited…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A man was rescued from an island in the Broad River Saturday, after being stranded for five days. Columbia Police Department officials say 61-year-old William Brock was reported missing Christmas day. His friends had not seen him…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) -- The holiday season is about giving back. On Christmas Eve, 'Operation Spread the Joy' spent the morning handing out bags of necessities to the homeless. Christmas came early for those in need, but the Christmas stockings…
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Emergency Services report that SCE&G officials say the utility may have to open the floodgate at the Lake Murray dam Thursday. This could affect Richland County residents downstream. Emergency officials urge residents to stay…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- A man is wanted for armed robbery after he hit a store employee in the head with a gun before being chased off by the victim with a bat. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said deputies are…
[gtxvideo vid="jirbjjVN" playlist="" pid="XSbotlye" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/jirbjjVN-120.jpg" vtitle="Chapin couple keeps Christmas letter writing tradition alive"] CHAPIN, S.C. (WOLO) -- 51 years is evidence enough of a strong marriage, but for the Bensons of Chapin, all the triumphs and challenges that define a…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- AAA Carolina’s estimates a record number of South Carolinians will travel this holiday season. December 23rd is one of the busiest travel days of the year. “If you take a red eye surprisingly it’s very busy…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Officials with the Columbia Fire Department say no one was injured when an SUV crashed into Inabinet Glass on Main Street Wednesday afternoon. CFD on scene of vehicle v bldg 2209 Main St no injuries reported…
Atlanta, Ga. (ABC News) -- Southerners in large parts of Louisiana and Arkansas awoke to tornado watches on Wednesday, two days before Christmas. Forecasters warned that the pain could soon spread, with powerful tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding possible across Mississippi,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department are requesting the public's assistance identifying a suspect wanted for motor vehicle theft. Sheriff Leon Lott said that just after 1 p.m. on Monday, November 23, deputies responded to Wash World in…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Two men have been arrested after fatally shooting a man following a botched robbery attempt at a gas station on December 13. The Richland County Fugitive Task Force and the United…
[gtxvideo vid="MfDjWaDn" playlist="" pid="XSbotlye" thumb="http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/MfDjWaDn-120.jpg" vtitle="Weather wrap"] COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Heavy rainfall Tuesday closed roads, tested a dam and reminded people of October's historic flooding. In Northeast Richland County, an all too familiar warning from law enforcement. Richland County Sheriff's…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- On Tuesday, dozens of law enforcement officials served the midlands homeless at Christ Central Ministries on Main Street. In a busy kitchen, officials were busy cooking up a warm meal for hundreds of people in…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - Officials with Richland County officials say they're monitoring a dam that's cresting in Richland County. The dam is located in the northeast part of the county at a lake near Farrow Road and Brickyard Road. Officials say…
HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) -- A Hopkins girl needs your help realizing her Christmas wish, one year after her battle with cancer started. 11-year-old Audra Ebo has neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer that usually affected infants…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) -- The Richland County Sheriff's Department provided gifts and Christmas dinner to a midlands family in need Monday afternoon. Sheriff Leon Lott said on November 30th, Demetria Osborne left him a message at his office asking…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- You have a chance to save a life this holiday season. Officials with the Red Cross say they usually see a decline in blood donations around this time of year and they are urging residents to give…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was fatally shot at an apartment complex near Interstates 20 and 26 Saturday evening. Fisher said 35-year-old Felix Jamal Jones of Newberry died as a result of a…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The South Carolina State Museum is holding a special day of solar observations to celebrate the Winter Solstice. Astronomy educator Larry Metcalf is using an array of telescopes to help visitors view solar features such as…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- The City of Columbia, Richland School District One and the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial Foundation are accepting donations for the annual "Honor the Dream Food Drive." The food drive is held each year to honor…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) -- Popular attraction, Swan Lake Iris Gardens, reopened in Sumter Saturday, after being closed for two months in the wake of historic flooding. Officials at the gardens said they finished repairs of several damaged areas to get them back…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the kidnapping and armed robbery of a man with special needs Sunday afternoon. Authorities say the 44-year-old was forced into a car at gunpoint in the 3000 block of River Drive,…
