Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — After being activated at the end of October due to expiring SNAP benefits, the One SC Fund is granting more than $400,000 to four regional food banks to help serve all 46 counties across the state. Beneficiaries of the money include Harvest Hope Food Bank...

More than 10,000 trainees and soldiers at Fort Jackson will enjoy a Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 26. As is tradition, Army dining facilities across the nation — known as Warrior Restaurants — compete for top honors by adopting a theme for the day, one of which is the Thanksgiving holiday.

A popular chicken sandwich chain is getting set to debut its newest location in the Midlands, and now it has circled an opening date. Chick-fil-A, which has locations across the U.S. and the Midlands, will debut a new restaurant at 425 Bush River Road, in the southwest corner of the parking lot of Dutch Square Center...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating after one person was killed in a Tuesday crash on Garners Ferry Road near the Trotter Road intersection. Highway Patrol said that a 2023 Kenworth tractor-trailer was stopped in traffic when a 2013 Ford F-250 rear-ended it around 6:25...

IRMO, S.C. (WIS) - The Dutch Fork Fire Rescue responded to a crash, vehicle fire shortly after midnight in Irmo. Authorities said the crash happened in the early hours of Tuesday on the 11400 block of Broad River Road between Bookie Richardson Road and the intersection with Mount Vernon Church Road, shortly after...

Bunny Rodrigues’ Quilts Preserving Georgetown’s Gullah Heritage. Vermelle “Bunny” Rodrigues grew up when Gullah Geechee kids were shamed for their language. Yet she turned that pain into art. Born in Georgetown in 1938, Bunny later made her first story quilt while living in Pennsylvania. After coming...

New federal student-loan rules could make it harder for South Carolina nursing students to afford graduate programs, raising concerns among health officials about the state’s growing nursing shortage.

More than 130 people are in quarantine in South Carolina after a measles outbreak. The Department of Public Health says the outbreak has affected schools, an airport, and a church. Quarantine measures were announced on November 21, 2025. Health officials are working to limit the spread of the virus. Since October 2,...

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at an Airbnb in Columbia, South Carolina, in the summer of 2025. Columbia Police Chief W. H. Holbrook said a 17-year-old male was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, over the weekend and extradited to Columbia. The suspect faces charges including murder,...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — The Stanley Law Group and Toliver’s Mane Event Barbershop will donate 300 frozen turkeys to families on Tuesday ahead of Thanksgiving as part of the firm’s effort to support underserved communities. The drive-thru giveaway will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at...