CHARLESTON, SC (WOLO)– As Church bells rang out across the state Tuesday, Governor Nikki Haley attended the SC Day of Prayer at Emanuel AME in Charleston. Haley called for the state to come together at churches and houses of worship to pray for the state amid two high profile murder trials. At the service Haley told worshippers “The faith was…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– We are not out of the woods yet, that’s the word from SC Governor Nikki Haley Saturday on the path of Hurricane Mathew. Haley and state officials updated residents on the latest path of the storm and what damage assessment plans are looking like. According to the Governor, they are waiting on the counties tp assess damage….
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — In a press conference on Wednesday, dozens of South Carolina Sheriffs pledged to implement new policies to help tackle domestic violence. “We pledge to change the numbers here in South Carolina, but most importantly we pledge to save lives,” said Orangeburg Sheriff Leroy Ravenell. The pledge comes at the request of Governor Nikki Haley and…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO) — On Thursday, Governor Nikki Haley introduced new working requirements for those receiving SNAP benefits. The change comes in light of improved unemployment rates in South Carolina. As of April 1, 2016, people getting SNAP benefits that are categorized as able-bodied adults without dependents need to be participating in the workforce or job training for 20…
Columbia , S.C. (WOLO)- On Tuesday, Governor Nikki Haley signed a bill that creates domestic violence fatality review committees in each of the 16 solicitor circuits in the Palmetto State. “This is pulling in forensics, this is pulling in law enforcement, this is pulling in prosecutors, this is pulling in everyone to figure out how did we go from start to…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Nature tourism, culinary tourism and sports tourism are among the topics being discussed this week at the South Carolina Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Travel. The event opens Monday in downtown Charleston and continues through Wednesday. Tourism leaders and business people from across the state attend the meeting held annually at the beginning of the spring…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ A Statehouse gathering commemorating South Carolina’s 1860 secession from the Union will be held Sunday, a week after state officials revoked a permit for the rally. Gov. Nikki Haley said Friday she asked that the Secessionist Party’s reservation be reinstated. Haley says the Statehouse grounds belong to the public, whether or not she agrees with those…
