Columbia SC

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Lexington County is asking residents for input on transportation improvements as the area experiences rapid growth. Nearly 20,000 cars travel Lexington’s Main Street every day, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation. With one lane on either side and a turning lane,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Columbia Police Department is investigating a shooting at an apartment complex Wednesday night that left a 65-year-old man dead. Authorities say officers were dispatched around 10:30 p.m. to the Gable Oaks Apartments, where they found the victim. The man was taken to a local...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s been a big week for Columbia’s BullStreet District, with the opening of a new restaurant and the announcement of a major company bringing hundreds of jobs to the area. Three Notch’d Brewery officially opened its doors on Thursday in the former Iron Hill...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Local fire departments responded to a 2-alarm fire early Thursday morning at a condominium complex, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. Authorities say more than 40 firefighters with the CRFD and Irmo Fire District were dispatched shortly before 1:30 a.m. to the Village Creek...

HOPKINS, S.C. (WIS) - A weekend shooting at a short-term rental in Richland County left one man injured and neighbors shaken. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department responded to the shooting just after midnight Saturday in the 200 block of Gusty Lane in the Quail Pointe neighborhood. Deputies found several juvenile...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia Richland Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday night. The department said the fire was at townhomes on Wood Court shortly after 11 p.m. Three units were damaged, and thirteen people and seven pets were displaced. No injuries were reported. The cause of the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) - Human bones found during a home renovation in South Carolina is possibly hundreds of years old. The two human bones were found along with several animal bones at a house on Kilbourne Road in Columbia on March 11, the Richland County Coroner’s Office said. DNA...

COLUMBIA S.C. (WACH) — Metal detectors are back in the spotlight in the Midlands as school districts look for ways to keep students safe, following a recent incident at Richland Northeast High School where an 18-year-old was taken into custody after a handgun was found on campus. In the...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Transportation is preparing to demolish an old bridge over Interstate 26, with traffic impacts expected over several nights. SCDOT officials said crews will begin demolishing the old U.S. 21 (Columbia Road) bridge over I-26 at Exit 129 from March 30...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a felon had pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm. The attorney’s office said Davante Jamar Moore, 34, of Richland County, had pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm found in his car during a traffic stop. Moore faces a maximum...