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Law enforcement arrives to begin Special Olympics Torch Run

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – Law enforcement officers from across the state arrived in Columbia Friday (5/11) for the annual “Special Olympics Torch Run”. The South Carolina Special Olympics gets underway Saturday. Officers we spoke with say its the least they can do for our state’s bravest athletes. 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics. Categories: Local News, News,…

Sen. Graham visits John McCain after complications from brain surgery

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says his friend and fellow Senator, John McCain, is in good spirits after complications from brain surgery. Graham says he spent several days with the Arizona Republican this week. Senator Graham says McCain is eating and keeping tabs on world events while recovering from the operation. According to Graham, at this…

Upstate woman on the run with six children found in Alabama

OCONEE CO., SC (WOLO) – A missing mother, Jennafer Price, 33, and her six missing children have been located safe in Autauga County, Alabama, near Montgomery. According to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, Price and her children went missing Wednesday after a judge ordered her to surrender her children to the SC Department of Social Services (DSS). The mother has…

Illegal chop shop busted with drugs and guns in Gaston

LEXINGTON, S.C. – Officers say they seized an assortment of firearms and drugs before busting a chop shop last week at a Gaston home. Three men and three women were arrested on a wide array of charges. “Deputies received a community tip about possible drug activity at a home in the 300 block of Blackville Road,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay…

State offices closed for Confederate Memorial Day

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – State offices closed Thursday (5/10) in observance of Confederate Memorial Day. South Carolina is one of six states that recognizes the holiday, though the dates vary. May 10 is significant because it is the day Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died and the day Union soldiers captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Categories: Local News, News, Politics, State…

RCSD investigating shooting in Hopkins that injured one

Hopkins, S.C. (WOLO) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a shots fired call near the 200 block of Greenlake Drive in Hopkins. Officials say they received a call that multiple shots had been fired at 7 p.m. this evening. A male victim has been taken to Palmetto Health Richland with a gunshot wound to the upper body….