The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $825,375 in funds to South Carolina in order to help underserved communities and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Unemployment insurance claims in South Carolina went up for the fourth straight week. Nearly 2,500 South Carolinians filed for unemployment last week.
DHEC reports 331 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths in the Palmetto State.
Our local K-9s and their handlers learned some new tricks to better help our communities. 21 K-9 handlers from 14 law enforcement agencies across the state got together for hands-on training to detect explosive devices.
Hopkins, SC (WOLO) -- South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn was in the Midlands Wednesday for his "Help is here Town Hall Tour." Clyburn has been making the rounds through South Carolina communities trying…
The Senate's top Democrat is backing a bill that would strike down a longstanding federal marijuana prohibition.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections says the three suspects were arrested near the Kershaw Correctional Institution.
Hemp farmer sees big SC business potential in legal marijuana.
Doctors with Prisma Health discussed the increase of the Delta variant in our state, as well as what parents need to know as back to school time approaches.
Over a week after the Fourth of July holiday weekend, DHEC says they have seen a 58% increase in COVID-19 cases in the state.
The FBI is asking for the public's help identifying a man they think may have information about a child victim of sexual exploitation.
Twenty states are supporting South Carolina’s defense of a new abortion law, arguing in an amicus brief that a federal judge was wrong to pause the entire measure instead of just the provision facing a court challenge.
Five workers with MUSC Health have been removed after failing to comply with the health care provider's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
DHEC reports 204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three additional deaths in South Carolina.
Two young boys, ages 8-years-old and 9-years-old, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 62-year-old man in South Carolina.
Santee Cooper is starting the process of looking for a new leader for the state-owned utility.
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) -- The Orangeburg County School district wants to put students on its payroll working for the district after school. Five students who are about to be Juniors have the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)--South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster convened the Accelerate SC Committee Tuesday. Originally, the group was formed to manage the state's response to COVID-19. On Tuesday, the purpose was initial discussion of the more…
Fewer inmates in South Carolina are returning to prison than anywhere else in the country. Department of Corrections Director Bryan Sterling announced the Palmetto State has the lowest recidivism rate in the nation at 21.9%.
A woman was duct taped to a seat on an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Charlotte last week, according to a spokesperson for American Airlines.
