COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina has reached a new record high number of confirmed Coronavirus cases. Sunday, DHEC reported 2,335 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 19 additional confirmed deaths. State Health officials say this brings the total number of…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Sunday announced 2,335 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 19 additional confirmed deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- If you need to get tested for Coronavirus, DHEC is hosting more than 80 mobile testing sites across the State. State Health officials say, as part of ongoing efforts to increase testing in underserved and rural communities,…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina is set to host a tax free weekend. The state's annual Tax Free holiday is set for August 7-9, 2020. During the weekend, certain items will be exempt…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Two teenagers are in custody in South Carolina accused of a shooting that left the husband of a provost at the College of Charleston dead. Authorities say it happened about 6:15 a.m. Friday in a robbery…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Saturday announced 1,481 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus and a record 39 additional deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of confirmed cases to 67,396 and confirmed…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has ordered flags at the State House to be flown at half staff on Saturday. According to a release from the office: As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Grab that mask! Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and the City of Columbia have launched the #MaskUpColumbiaSC, campaign. The Mayor says the new public education/social engagement campaign is meant to encourage all…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- If you are looking to get tested for Coronavirus, Prisma Health is hosting a free drive through site this Saturday. July 18: 8 a.m.–noon Brookland Baptist Church,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) --As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise in prisons across the state, some are calling for more inmates to serve out their sentences at home or be placed on parole…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- Earlier this week, the Trump Administration backed down from plans to revoke the visas of international students attending universities and colleges in the U.S., if that institution is going completely…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Friday, 1,964 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 25 additional deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of confirmed cases to 65,857 and confirmed deaths to…
Lexington, S.C. (WOLO)--Lexington School District 2 has its plan in place for re-entry. At its board meeting Thursday night the board approved a new start date of September 8th. The board also endorsed a blended plan for face-to-face instruction to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--Flags at the state house were lowered to half staff today in honor of former Adjutant General Stanhope Spears. Spears served as adjutant general for 16 years beginning in 1994 following a distinguished career in the National Guard.…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- Friday Lexington Richland School District 5 announced its plans for classes in the fall. A district spokesperson says families will have two options for their students at the start of the academic year: a five-day, traditional…
South Carolina's unemployment rate dropped dramatically in the month of June. According to the Department of Employment and Workforce the unemployment rate for June was 8.7% compared with May's rate of 12.4%. The agency says more than 2.2 million people…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Grab that mask! Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin launched the #MaskUpColumbiaSC, campaign on Friday. The Mayor says the new public education/social engagement campaign is meant to encourage all citizens to protect themselves from potential exposure to COVID-19 by…
Prisma Health is hosting free COVID-19 testing at the Brookland Baptist Church on Friday and Saturday amid the pandemic.
Columbia Police Department needs your help finding a man they say robbed a man at his home at knife point in April.
Richland County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal three vehicle collision on I-26 East Wednesday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) --Several parents are stuck trying to decide what is best for their children with all the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming school year. Some are looking at alternative education pathways for their…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) released a data brief with the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH) that examines…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- This year's Columbia Greek Festival has been cancelled because of the coronavirus. Organizers posted on the festival's Facebook page that with the health of attendees, volunteers, and the community in mind they made the difficult decision to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- One of the lawmakers who spoke during Governor Henry McMaster's Wednesday news conference on education was Horry Co. Republican Sen. Greg Hembree. Thursday the teaching advocacy group SCforED took exception to claims Sen. Hembree made during the…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--There's been an increase in the weekly number of unemployment claims in the state. More than 19,000 people filed for the benefits last week, an increase of more than 3,000 from the previous week. Since the beginning of…
