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VIDEO: Wilson Says Attorney General’s Office Has Nothing to Hide

S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson defended his decision to fire special prosecutor David Pascoe this week
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson addressed the media Wednesday, in the wake of his firing of special prosecutor David Pascoe. Wilson removed Pascoe from his appointment Friday, after Pascoe initiated a state grand jury investigation, without telling Wilson. Wilson said the law requires him to sign off on such an investigation. Wilson said that despite…
Local News, Politics, Richland

WATCH: Meet the campaign director for George Wallace’s presidential run

Throughout the primary contest, people have compared Donald Trump to former Alabama Governor George Wallace, who ran for president in 1968 as a segregationist
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Throughout the primary contest, people have compared Donald Trump to former Alabama Governor George Wallace, who ran for president in 1968 as a segregationist. Wallace’s executive director for his campaign has called Columbia home for decades. Tom Turnipseed, 79, is a former state senator, ran for governor in South Carolina and along with his wife, is…
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WATCH: USC creates dream wedding for Bluffton couple

A Bluffton couple tied the note Monday night, thanks to the efforts of a wedding hospitality class at the University of South Carolina
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -A Bluffton couple tied the note Monday night, thanks to the efforts of a wedding hospitality class at the University of South Carolina. Henry Simmons, 30, married his girlfriend of a year-and-a-half, Lea Scavo, 24, in front of family, friends and some anxious USC students at the River Roads and Jasmine House and Gardens. The 45 students,…
Lexington, Local News, News

WATCH: Lexington Parent Files Title IX Complaint for Unsafe Softball Fields

A Lexington High School parent has filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights
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LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO) – A Lexington High School parent has filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The parent, Sam Light, along with a handful of others, says the girls’ softball facilities at Lexington High School are unsafe and outdated compared to the baseball facilities. Another concerned parent, Patrick Montgomery, who has…
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WATCH: Dragged Dog Beating the Odds

A German Shepherd is beating all the odds, after being found, left to die, along St. Andrews Road Monday morning
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A German Shepherd is beating all the odds, after being found, left to die, along St. Andrews Road Monday morning

State

Law Proposed to Shield Sales of Lethal Injection Drugs

The South Carolina Senate is considering a bill, that would shield the identities of pharmaceutical companies selling lethal injection drugs to S.C.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The South Carolina Senate is considering a bill, that would shield the identities of pharmaceutical companies selling lethal injection drugs to South Carolina. Currently, the state is unable to execute inmates on death row by lethal injection, because the drug companies refuse to sell them the drugs. If an inmate’s execution is ordered, it will not…
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WATCH: Wild Wind Whips Across the Midlands

Strong wind downed trees and power lines and caused big swells at Lake Murray
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Wednesday’s severe weather was mostly felt through wild wind that whipped across the Midlands, downing trees, causing thousands of power outages and big waves at Lake Murray. ABC Columbia Chief Meteorologist John Farley said gusts at the lake reached up to 56 miles per hour. The hard hitting winds, leaving about 20,000 SCE&G customers in the…
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VIDEO: Special Needs Students Stranded on Bus for Hours

A group of students with disabilities was left on a broken down school bus for hours
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SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO)– A group of students with disabilities was stuck on a broken down school bus for hours. A spokesperson for the Sumter County School District says the bus broke down Monday near the intersection of Highway 378 and St. Paul Church Road. A district official says the route’s normal drivers were out sick and the substitute driver did…