Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is encouraging social distancing as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Mayor specifically focusing on restaurants and bars…
(CNN) --- President Donald Trump gave an update on the United States response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic Monday afternoon. This comes as local Governments have been issuing their own instructions to their…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- Organizations across the nation are making changes to try and prevent the spread of COVID-19, including groups in the Midlands. Harvest Hope Food Bank on Shop Road is…
Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)-- According to 5th Circuit Solicitor per directive of Chief Justice Beatty, effective immediately, Richland County General Sessions Court has postponed…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- DHEC announced Monday it is investigating five additional cases of coronavirus bringing the total number in the state to 33. A spokesperson for the agency says four of the new cases are in Kershaw Co. Three of…
COLUMBIA SC ( WOLO)-- The City of Columbia announced it will modify services, until further notice, to minimize the spread COVID-19 in the community. According to City officials, a number of measures will be enacted beginning March 17, 2020. Per…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Prisma Health is adding additional visitor restrictions as a precaution to safeguard patients and team members against potential COVID-19 exposure. The change will roll out Monday, March 16, at all Prisma Health hospital and long term…
WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-Lexington Two will continue lessons with eLEARNING program after Gov. McMaster announced the closure of all public schools. The program allows students to continue lessons remotely. This program was previously used in the district for a weather…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Richland Library has announced that all locations will close, starting Monday, March 16, in the interest of public safety. Library officials say they are continuing to extend loan periods on materials, so customers do not incur lost fees until…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) –Governor Henry McMaster announced the postponement of all elections until May 1, 2020 due to COVID-19. Specific dates will be announced later. This announcement has no impact on the March Candidate filing period. Candidate filing will open…
COUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- During a press conference on Sunday South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced that all schools in the state will be closed through the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) -- The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Sunday nine additional cases of coronavirus. DHEC says this brings the total number of cases, statewide, to 28. According to officials, as the state’s case counts…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) --- The Columbia Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying three persons of interest in connection to an attempted murder and hit and run that critically…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will announce temporary closures for schools across the state as more cases of coronavirus continue to emerge, according to the Associated Press. The Associated Press has learned the governor will announce Sunday…
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Kershaw County Sheriff's Office will be limiting close contact with residents for non-emergency calls in wake of COVID-19. Deputies will start responding to nonviolent and/or non-freshly committed incidents by telephone calls to the complainant. Reports…
RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) — The cases of the coronavirus continue to rise in North Carolina. As of 10:30 a.m. on March 15, 2020, there are 32 cases of the coronavirus in the state, according to the North Carolina Department of Health…
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) — Horry County has its first positive test for coronavirus, officials confirmed Sunday morning. Staff at Grand Strand Medical Center said the result came in Saturday night. The patient is in isolation at the medical center, according…
KERSHAW COUNTY, (SC)- A Kershaw man is being charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of a 10-month-old baby he was babysitting. The incident happened March 9 in the 400 block of Pine Grove Road in Lugoff. Jacob…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Gov. Henry McMaster recommends that older "at risk" employees work from home to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina. https://twitter.com/henrymcmaster/status/1238937632723386368 McMaster released a statement saying "To help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our state and…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Gov. Henry McMaster has requested that all utilities in the South Carolina not be suspend or disconnect for nonpayment during the State of Emergency. https://twitter.com/henrymcmaster/status/1238948087583866881 In a letter, McMaster writes that the Office of Regulatory Staff (“ORS”) shall communicate…
