Columbia,SC (WOLO) --- The City of Columbia is offering residents free masks to protect against COVID-19. The masks will be given out at various locations around the city as long as supplies last. Masks will be given to anyone deem…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- As athletes return to sports and play in their stadiums, a local packaging plant will help will the stadium with fans. “Sports are a unifier, for a lot of people,”…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, on Friday, announced 1,273 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 1 additional death. Health officials say there are currently 906 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive…
Columbia Police Department says they are investigating a fatal overnight shooting on Byron Road after 2 in the morning.
Richland County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a fatal assault on Riley Street early this month.
University of South Carolina has released a list of requirements for students, faculty and staff this fall amid the pandemic.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) --With the number of COVID-19 cases rising across the country, several companies are fast-tracking vaccines to be ready as soon as next year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National…
(ABC News) --- Summer is here, and the global coronavirus pandemic has changed, delayed or caused the cancelation of several events. Some organizations are even looking further ahead to make decisions about things scheduled in the fall of 2020. Like…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- The 'I Can't Breathe' SC group that organized the first protests in downtown Columbia following the death of George Floyd, is now transitioning to an official chapter of Black Lives…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--A popular event in downtown Columbia on Saturday mornings is set to return this weekend. On its Facebook page, organizers announced the Soda City Market will re-open on Main St. this Saturday. Thursday the market posted a lengthy…
NASCAR on Thursday completed its investigation into the garage pull rope formed as a noose that was found in Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, with president Steve Phelps saying "our initial reaction was to protect our driver."
South Carolina Highway Patrol says a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road on Wednesday.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) --If you’re planning on going out to eat in the next few weeks, you might see a new sticker in the windows of some of your favorite restaurants. Gov. Henry McMaster…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- State Emergency officials are working to ensure South Carolina is prepared should a major hurricane hit our Coast. Thursday June 25 The Department of Public…
Richland County Coroner's Office has identified a victim after a vehicle overturned on Wednesday at Weston Road and Clarkson Road.
Richland Co., SC (WOLO)--- The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is hoping you can help them identify six men that are wanted in connection with an attempted burglary of an area liquor store. Deputies say, May 31, just before midnight…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)-- Lexington Co. deputies say a man is in custody after they say they found one of his relatives lying in their Gaston home covered in waste. Investigators say Oliver Willard, 39,…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says it's not unconstitutional for city governments to require people to wear face coverings in public. Wilson says there is no state law preempting or prohibiting a city, which so far include…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- A Columbia police officer will not face charges in the shooting death of a young black man in April. On Wednesday, Fifth Judicial Court Solicitor Byron Gipson said CPD officer…
Solicitor Byron Gipson will hold a press conference on the investigation of an officer-involved shooting death of a black teenager.
Orangeburg County deputies are looking for a person of interest in a fire that damaged a manufactured home on Monday.
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- Columbia is now the second city in the state requiring people to wear masks if they're out in public. Columbia City Council members voted during a specially called…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Tuesday Governor Henry McMaster addressed the Coronavirus in South Carolina. McMaster says the positive cases are increasing here in South Carolina, as well as across the Country. But the…
The FBI has determined that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime and that a pull rope fashioned like a noose had been on a garage door at Talladega Superspeedway since as early as last fall, NASCAR said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- A growing number of people in South Carolina are in the hospital with coronavirus related illnesses. According to new numbers released today by DHEC, there are currently 824 hospital beds…
