Columbia SC

Crews responded to a pair of grass fires in the Columbia area, including one on Wednesday afternoon.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) said a fatal crash Thursday evening left one person dead. SCHP said on Thursday, around 8:20 p.m., a 2003 Nissan Murano was traveling north on Monticello Road, and a Nova electric scooter was traveling west on Ridgeway Street. They crashed at the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – ABC Columbia’s very own Curtis Wilson has received the state’s highest civilian honor!. Curtis was awarded the Order of the Palmetto Thursday. Among the hundreds of jobs he has, Curtis is also a long-time deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. The...

On February 14th, SC Bass Nation held its first trail tournament of the year at Santee Cooper lakes. Boaters and co-anglers were greeted with calm winds, warming temperatures, and extremely clear water on the famed fishery. By the time the scales had closed, three separate bags were weighed in, each totaling more...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged a man with vehicle fraud. SLED charged David Edward Woodard Jr., 54, on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, with misrepresenting the facts when registering a motor vehicle. According to the warrants, Woodard received a title for a 2017 Nissan...

COLUMBIA — Electric vehicle maker Scout Motors plans to open up applications in the coming weeks for its first round of assembly line workers at its South Carolina plant. The Volkswagen subsidiary is on schedule to roll its first round of test vehicles off the line by the end of the year, and it’s looking for the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) - South Carolina authorities said a woman has been arrested in connection with a reported assault at an area Sam’s Club. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Office, Ashley Murff, 42, was arrested Wednesday morning after being the primary aggressor in a fight that happened at the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Thursday that a former South Carolina custody officer was arrested for the alleged abuse of a vulnerable adult. Gregory Marcel Higgins, 44, was arrested and charged Wednesday with one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult after SLED received...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Some national media reports began surfacing Thursday saying the UPS is shutting down its facility on Old Dunbar Road. This comes amid a plan by the shipping giant to downsize. But is that true?. UPS is in the middle of a plan to cut some...

(WPDE) — Changes to the South Carolina’s homestead tax exemption goes to the State's House after passing in the Senate. The bill increases the exemption from $50,000 to either $75,000 or $150,000 off a home’s fair market value, lowering assessments and property taxes for qualifying homeowners. Those...