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Record Number of Travelers Expected This Holiday Season

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…

5 Republicans Who Could Deliver State of the Union Response

(ABC News) -- Republicans still haven’t announced who will deliver the GOP response to President Obama’s last State of the Union address on Jan. 12, but if history is any indication, at least one Republican is already preparing for the huge…

Law Enforcement Officials Serve Homeless

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…

Clinton Announces $2 Billion Effort to Cure Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday a $2 billion annual effort to cure Alzheimer's disease by 2025 as part of her broader healthcare strategy in the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic front-runner says her plan will "prevent, effectively treat…

Poll: Half of Voters Would Be 'Embarrassed' by Trump as President

(ABC News) -- Fifty percent of American voters say they would be “embarrassed” if Donald Trump were president, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. The current Republican frontrunner, whose 28 percent support in this poll tops…

Scott to Wrap Up 2015 Tour of All SC Counties

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will finish his goal of visiting all 46 counties in South Carolina in 2015 with several days to spare. Scott plans a trip Tuesday to Dillon County to meet people and business…

WATCH: 11-year-old cancer fighter's Christmas wish

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…

RCSD Provides Gifts and Food to Midlands Family

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…

Mystery Donor Drops Annual $1K into W. Va. Kettle

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Someone has slipped a $1,000 bill into a Salvation Army kettle in Morgantown, West Virginia, every year for nearly four decades. The long-running holiday mystery continued on Saturday when a $1,000 bill was found in a…

Popular Sumter attraction reopens after floods

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…

RCSD investigating kidnapping and armed robbery

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,…

New York woman arrested at State House during rally

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A woman from Buffalo, New York, was arrested while yelling at people attending a Statehouse rally organized by the South Carolina Secessionist Party. The Department of Public Safety says 27-year-old Jatonia Devina Sanford was arrested Sunday…

Deputies investigating death in Hopkins

HOPKINS, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating a death in Hopkins. Richland County Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. Curtis Wilson says a 65-year-old woman was found in a home on Quail Hills Drive around 7 p.m. Friday. The…

Teen arrested for stealing packages off doorsteps

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Sheriff's Department officials say they arrested an 18-year-old West Columbia man, after he took packages off doorsteps. Authorities say Ryan Huff is charged with petty theft. That's a misdemeanor in South Carolina. They say he…

Deputies investigating deadly shooting in Lexington County

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Lexington County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating a deadly shooting at an apartment complex near the Red Roof Inn on Berryhill Road. Investigators say the victim is a 35-year-old black male. They say he was driven…

Gift Giving: Extended Holiday Store Hours

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Christmas is one week away. For holiday shoppers getting a late start, there's still time if you’re still planning to do some major gift buying. Here’s a roundup of extended holiday hours. Babies ‘R’ Us: Sunday-Thursday: 8…

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