Columbia SC

Airport High School special education teacher Haley Brock is WLTX Teacher of the week.

? Columbia launches public input for 100-acre riverfront district First meeting held April 1 at Senate’s End Project backed by $5 million Boyd Foundation commitment Plan includes 27 miles of gr...

Lexington School District 2, which serves Cayce and West Columbia, has named a new superintendent. Angela Cooper, who has served as the district’s interim superintendent since February, was unanimously selected by the board at a special called board meeting Tuesday. “Dr. Cooper has earned state and national...

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Two Blythewood parents say they were wrongfully handcuffed at gunpoint last May in front of their three young children. In response, the family’s attorney, Attorney Tyler Bailey with the Bailey Law Firm, is now filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the SC Department of Public Safety —...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina corrections and state officials say drones smuggling drugs, phones and other contraband into prisons have become an “everyday battle,” with increasingly sophisticated aircraft capable of hauling heavy and deadly loads, such as fentanyl. The problem has grown steadily since at least...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia will offer free parking downtown during the Easter holiday weekend, giving residents and visitors easier access to local businesses and events. City officials announced complimentary parking will be available in all city parking decks starting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 2,...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A man was convicted by a Richland County jury in a 2021 nightclub shooting that left a woman dead. On March 26, James A. White, 27, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in a South Carolina Department of Corrections facility,...

They aren’t a pop-up any longer. Godspeed Coffee, the buzzy coffee company that has made a name at pop-up locations in Columbia in the last couple of years, has officially opened a permanent location at 747 Saluda Ave. in Columbia’s popular Five Points hospitality district. Godspeed opened its doors Wednesday morning...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– A man accused of kidnapping two teens by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office is now facing charges in Richland County. Investigators say Darrius Gilmore arranged to meet the two 15 year old girls on Killian Lakes Drive. During the encounter, deputies say Gilmore became...

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the South Carolina Department of Public Safety and a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper, according to attorney Tyler Bailey. Bailey said the lawsuit comes after a Blythewood couple was wrongfully pulled over at gunpoint, handcuffed and...