Columbia SC

A regional property development company wants to build more than 400 single-family homes to a growing neighborhood in Lexington County. The 402 housing units pitched by development group Mungo Homes would sit on 174 acres of empty land in Red Bank, a fast-growing suburb of Columbia in Lexington County. The...

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RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A vehicle fire at the Arborwood Condos on Percival Road caused significant damage to the siding of one building Monday afternoon, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. Authorities say fire crews responded shortly before 1 p.m. and found the car’s engine compartment on...

Cultural Historian Cory J. France returned to Goucher College Oct. 14 to receive the campus’ Rory Turner Prize for Cultural Sustainability. France presented a lecture summarizing his recent work, “Scenes at the Stakes,” which focuses on the restoration of historic Black gravesites in South Carolina. France’s...

Beaufort County and State investigators deemed Willie's Bar and Grill a public nuisance and threat to public health and safety of community.

A cafeteria employee at Sandhills Middle School in Lexington, South Carolina, has been charged with carrying a weapon on school property. Authorities identified the employee as Andrea Brooks, 43.

wpde.com - 11/13/2025 04:39:35 PM. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson recently joined an 18-state coalition in support of a Louisiana law that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. The group has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that a Greer woman has been charged with stealing from a nursing home resident. According to officials, an investigation determined that between Aug. 5, 2024, and Feb. 25, 2025, 47-year-old Jeanna Avery Stronkowsky allegedly...

COLUMBIA — Starting in January, South Carolina’s Medicaid program will no longer cover weight loss drugs for obesity, reversing a year-old policy. The change, which comes as states face high costs for covering the popular drugs, will not affect Medicaid patients prescribed the drugs to manage Type 2 diabetes, said...

(WPDE) — Governor Henry McMaster, along with the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) announced that the 2026 unemployment insurance (UI) tax rates for the state will either decrease or remain the same. UI tax costs are projected to be $40 million less than in 2025, marking...