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'Small Business Week' Declared in Columbia

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, along with Ike McLeese, president and CEO of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, presented a proclamation, declaring May 21st-May 25th Small Business Week in an effort to show leaders' support of small businesses and encourage customers to shop locally more often.

USC Sports Medicine Opens New Facility

This video is no longer available. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- It's a place for USC's finest. "The sports world is something that is somewhat different than seeing regular patients," says Dr. John Walsh, IV, M.D., USC Sports Medicine. But that…

Pain at the Pump Eases

If you've noticed gas prices taking a dip in the Palmetto state, you're not imagining things. AAA Carolinas has named South Carolina the number one state in the nation for the cheapest gas.

Man Kills Girlfriend, Then Self in SC Restaurant

BATESBURG-LEESVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say a man shot and killed his girlfriend at a Batesburg-Leesville restaurant, then turned the gun on himself. Police say 30-year-old Shaquanah Jones-Brannon reported her boyfriend was harassing her just hours before the shooting around 11 a.m. Monday. Officers were looking for 27-year-old Jamael Goodman, but he was driving a different car and hid his dreadlocks under a hat.

South Carolina Gas Prices

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ There's good news for motorists in South Carolina leading up to the first busy travel weekend of the summer season. Gasoline in South Carolina is the cheapest in the nation.

Tropical Storm Alberto Expected to Stay Offshore

It's an early storm season as Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Atlantic. Alberto is expected to stay away from our coastal areas, churning off shore of the South East. It will mainly create a few clouds Sunday. The Tropical…

SC GOP ready to work north of border this year

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Republican Party says it's ready to work north of the border to help deny President Barack Obama the 15 electoral votes in battleground North Carolina this fall.

Unemployment in SC Continues to Drop

As businesses, small and large, look to take advantage of the strengthening economy, many are looking forward to the 15th Annual Columbia Black Expo, hoping to continue a decrease in the state's jobless rate.

Ground Beef Recall

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Two South Carolina companies are recalling nearly 7,000 pounds of ground beef which possibly are contaminated with E.coli.

2 Dead in Apparent SC Murder-Suicide

ANDREWS, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say the death of a couple in Williamsburg County was an apparent murder-suicide. Williamsburg County Sheriff Michael Johnson says the couple was driving Wednesday night on a road near Andrews when a witness noticed the vehicle was swerving and then pulled over.

Remembering the Cleveland School Fire

This video is no longer available. COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- May 17, 1923, it's a night the town of Camden will never forget. "A graduation ceremony, a play put on by the children," says Ken Kerber, President of the South…

Army replaces female head of drill sergeant school

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — The first female commandant of the Army's elite drill sergeant school has bid a tearful farewell to supporters, students and fellow drill sergeants as she stepped down from her historic position.

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