Richland One looks to Upgrade Athletic Facilities
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) -- Richland One School District's aging athletics facilities may soon get an upgrade.
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Senate bans sale and use of powdered alcohol in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has passed a ban on powdered alcohol.
Jonathan Pinson Back In Court
Columbia, SC (WOLO)- Former South Carolina State University Trustee, Jonathan Pinson, was back in court. An evidentiary hearing in the case was held today.
Bill filed to split DHEC's health and environmental roles
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A senator has filed a bill to separate the health and environmental functions of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Congressmen Among Dozens Attending Session on Offshore Oil
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) _ A federal meeting on opening areas off the coast of the Carolinas to drilling has attracted dozens of people, including two congressmen.
Charleston parking ticket revenue rises sharply
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — People visiting Charleston should make sure they feed the parking meter.
SC House votes to study state employee salaries
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved studying state employees' salaries, with legislators of both parties saying some are paid far too little.
Bank Robbery on Two Notch Road Wednesday Morning
Richland County deputies are searching for a suspect connected to a bank robbery on Two Notch Road Wednesday morning.
House directs center to create teacher recruitment program
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A budget amendment approved by the House directs South Carolina's teacher advocacy center to craft a way to recruit high-quality teachers to rural districts with high turnover.
UPDATE:11 Service Members missing after Helicopter Crash: Fog Slows Search
BREAKING: Seven Marines and four soldiers are reported missing after a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a routine night training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, base officials said. Heavy fog has been slowing the search.
Statewide Tornado Drill set for 9am in SC
A Statewide Tornado Drill will be held Wednesday morning at 9am.
House approves firing SC State's trustees amid fiscal crisis
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University trustees gave a no confidence vote to suspended President Thomas Elzey less than a week after a judge said they could not fire him because they were all about to be fired.
SC Flu Deaths up Sharply Compared with Last Season
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ State health officials say the number of deaths from the flu this year are up sharply, compared with last season.
Trustees Have 'No Confidence' in Elzey
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina State University trustees gave a no confidence vote to suspended President Thomas Elzey.
Tools Stolen In Orangeburg
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO)- Deputies in Orangeburg are looking for a man they say took some *tools* out of someone's truck.
2 charged after man dies from mistakenly drinking herbicide
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two South Carolina men have been charged with stealing a powerful herbicide and selling it to someone who ultimately died after ingesting it.
Irmo Man Remembers Turnaround Tuesday
Over the weekend, thousands gathered in Selma, Alabama to remember a day known as, 'Bloody Sunday,' where marchers for voting rights were met 50 years ago with violence on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Crews to fix I-95 bridge indicative of SC's road problems
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Road crews will close one northbound lane of a key South Carolina highway link along the East Coast to repair concrete that keeps crumbling off one of the Interstate 95 bridges over the Great Pee Dee River.
Inman Man dead in ultralight plane crash in Chesnee
CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) — An Inman man is dead after his motorized glider crashed in Chesnee.
SC flu deaths up sharply compared with last season
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — State health officials say the number of deaths from the flu this year are up sharply, compared with last season.
