COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – September is Life Insurance Awareness Month, and studies show that 30 percent of American families are not covered. If your family’s primary wage-earner were to pass away, unexpectedly, insurance provider, Colonial Life, says it could leave you blind-sided financially. Good Morning Columbia’s Grace Joyal sat down with Colonial Life Assistant Vice President, Pam Jenkins, to discuss…
The S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles said its newly designed, mobile-first website will streamline the process for South Carolinians who are getting ready to order a REAL ID driver’s license.
A veteran-owned small business is expanding operations in Charleston County.
As South Carolinians consider ways to donate to Hurricane Harvey victims, the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs is reminding you to be diligent.
RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A 33-year-old Richland County man has been arrested on ten charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Joseph Hewitt Tuesday. Wilson said Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested Hewitt on August 24. Investigators with the A.G.’s…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – One person was injured in a fire that broke out at a mobile home near Red Bank this weekend, Lexington County reported. Lexington County Fire Service and EMS were dispatched to the home in the 100 block of Pinestraw Circle around 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Upon starting to attack the flames, officials said they noticed the…
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The S.C. Emergency Management Division is closely monitoring a tropical storm system that could affect part of the state’s coastline. “There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the forecasts,” SCEMD Director Kim Stenson said “If it looks like this storm is going to affect South Carolina we want everyone to be ready. Now would be…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO) – A winemaker in Lexington County is debuting a ten-year-old wine during the Total Solar Eclipse. Shannon Mercer, of Mercer House Estate Winery, said ‘Lucille’, named after his grandmother, is a white wine made from Muscadine grapes. The winery’s special event for the eclipse Monday is sold out – Mercer said he expects somewhere around 450…
Richland County is welcoming thousands of visitors to the area for the solar eclipse with specially made road signs
A new exhibit opening Thursday at the University of South Carolina, will chronicle the history of solar eclipses
