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Richland One parents, community invited to meet new principals
Students at four Richland One schools will be greeted by new principals when the new school year begins August 8. “Our new principals are excited and ready to welcome students back to school,” said Richland One Superintendent Dr. Craig Witherspoon. “While they are new to their assigned positions for the 2024-2025 school year, they are all outstanding veteran educators. We look forward to the experience, leadership and enthusiasm that they will bring to their schools.”
Try It Out: Table Tennis with Carolina Pong
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Maybe you’ve played table tennis at home. Get out and try it with a fun group called Carolina Pong!. Open play and practice happen every Monday from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Andrews Gym (920 Beatty Rd, Columbia). President and founder, Tripp Roche, shows us...
Check out the Midlands’ newest sports club
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Ever tried table tennis? Now you can play at least once per week. Any ability level, any age! It’s good for your mental health, too, according to president and founder, Tripp Roche. Learn about how the club started with the help of Villa Tronco restaurant in...
Nation's No. 1 prospect puts South Carolina basketball on top list
Per usual, South Carolina basketball coach Dawn Staley has the Gamecocks in the conversation for several of the top recruits in the country in the class of 2025. In recent weeks, Carolina has been included on the top lists for 5-star prospects Zakiyah Johnson and Divine Bourrage. On Tuesday, another...
Repeated vandalism leaves Sumter church without AC, $80K in repairs needed
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A Sumter community church has been vandalized, leaving the church with no working air conditioning. According to the Sumter Police Department, this is the third time in the last month that the church's property has been tampered with. In total, the church estimates there have been...
Lexington Police Department needs help identifying 3 alleged shoplifters
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO)– The Lexington Police Department is asking for help identifying alleged shoplifters who worked together to take items from an electronics store. The incident happened on July 6, at Best Buy. The three alleged shoplifters are accused of taking over $3,400 of merchandise. Anyone with information about...
Orangeburg man sentenced To 7 years in prison for drug, gun charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– An Orangeburg man was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and dipentylone, said the DOJ. According to the Department of Justice, on Feb. 25,...
Sergeant Jasper Park offers daytime getaway close to home
Just off Interstate 95, tucked away in the Lowcountry pines and Christmas fern is a hidden landscape complete with fishing ponds and nature trails waiting to be explored. Sergeant Jasper Park can be found at 1458 Red Dam Road in Hardeeville, off of Interstate 95's Exit 8. It is 321 acres and offers many free, family friendly activities such as biking, walking trails, birdwatching, and picnicking.
Bennettsville residents weigh in on 2nd breach of Lake Paul Wallace dam
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (WPDE) — Bennettsville residents in the Shady Rest and Richardson Park communities are reliving the same events from when Lake Paul Wallace breached in May. Crews responded to a second breaching of the dam in the area of Beauty Spot Road on Wednesday. This is the second...
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