Click here to hear what the Columbia City Mayor Steve Benjamin is saying about the proposal to shut down bars in the entertainment district, just two days after three people were shot following Saint Patrick's Day Festivities in Five Points.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Candidate filing is now open for this year's elections in South Carolina. Filing opened at noon on Friday. Candidates have until noon on March 30 to file their paperwork and pay required fees. The governor and…
[gtxvideo vid='oTYyRuIz' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/oTYyRuIz.jpg' vtitle='Governor McMaster Call for Trained Resource Officers'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- In the wake of the arrest of two teens in Richland county, accused of bringing an unloaded gun and ammunition on school grounds, Governor Henry McMaster is…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina House lawmakers have approved a budget to fund state government for the coming year. Legislators late Tuesday voted 116-2 to approve the state's more than $8 billion budget plan. The chamber reconvened early Wednesday…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) --- The results are in for the pecial run off election to fill the seat of Representative Rick Quinn following his corruption probe, where he…
[gtxvideo vid='9k7if3st' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/9k7if3st.jpg' vtitle='Tillerson out of WH'] Washington, DC (WOLO) ---Developing out of the White House president trump has replaced Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. This morning the President announced that he's moving current CIA Director Mike Pompeo into the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)- President Trump's infrastructure plan was the talk Tuesday at a statehouse round table and it could mean money for roads. President Trump is proposing a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan…
A State Representative introduces a bill that would require all state buildings to create a place where new mothers can breastfeed their child or pump breast milk.
Governor Henry McMaster wants to make sure that South Carolina follows the letter of the law when it comes to making sure the Palmetto State does not become a sanctuary city.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Some representatives want to arm schools with another layer of protection: metal detectors. People gathered on the steps of the Statehouse to demand safer schools. One of those…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) - South Carolina lawmakers voted 107 to 1 today to pass a measure that would allow SCE&G customers to stop paying for the failed VC Summer project, but they…
[gtxvideo vid='qQKDVbNY' thumb='http://player.gtxcel.com/thumbs/qQKDVbNY.jpg' vtitle='State Senators give green light to electric chair execu'] COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO, AP) - The South Carolina Senate has agreed to bring back the electric chair as a means of execution in the state. The Senate voted…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--Today Gov. Henry McMaster named Charleston Attorney Charlie Condon as the new chairman of Santee Cooper’s Board of Directors. Condon fills the position left vacant by former chairman Leighton Lord. Lord resigned from the post back in December…
Columbia, S.C. (AP, WOLO)--South Carolina lawmakers have advanced a measure aimed at drawing down utility bills in the wake of a nuclear construction project failure that's already cost ratepayers billions. The House voted 107-1 Wednesday to give second reading to…
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