Columbia SC

According to authorities, the teacher said he forgot his gun was on him after visiting a gun range over the weekend. A substitute teacher has been arrested for allegedly bringing a gun to a South Carolina school, per the Richland County Sheriff's Department. Videos by Wide Open Country. As reported...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Columbia Fire Department responded to a fire at a vacant commercial property on Old Forest Drive near Percival Road on Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters arrived around 4 p.m. and reported brown smoke coming from the building. Crews made an interior attack under heavy smoke conditions and...

A Richland County father is suing a local martial arts school and school district after claiming his six-year-old child was locked inside a hot bus last year.

Two people were shot at an apartment complex in South Carolina late Tuesday night, according to the Columbia Police Department . The shooting happened at about 10:30 p.m. at 320 South Beltline Boulevard , Deputy Chief Melron Kelly told The State on Wednesday morning. That’s the Woodland Terrace Apartments, near the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Officers with the Columbia Police Department are at the 700 block of Kilbourne Road on Wednesday afternoon after a small quantity of skeletal remains were found at a home that's currently under renovation. Authorities say the Richland County Coroner's Office will help determine if the...

A new spot for sweet treats and bubble tea has debuted in a popular Midlands shopping center. D&Tea Dessert and Bubble Tea opened this week at the Parkland Plaza shopping center in Cayce on Knox Abbott Drive. The dessert and bubble tea shop is next door to East Bay Deli and the Sandy Nails & Spa, and a few doors down...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Firefighters responded to a fire at a vacant commercial property Tuesday afternoon in Columbia, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. Crews were dispatched to Old Forest Drive near Percival Road shortly before 4 p.m. after reports of smoke coming from the building. “Fire in a vacant...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Authorities at the Richland County Sheriff's Department say a substitute teacher has been arrested for bringing a gun to school. On Monday at 9:30 am, officers were called to Blythewood High School after being notified that a substitute teacher, 37-year-old Justin Fox, went through...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Columbia PD‘s Special Victims Unit (SVU) investigators are searching for a 30-year-old who was reported as missing. Deshell D. Deas was reported as missing shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, March 9, 2026. Deas was last seen leaving Prisma Health Richland at 8 Medical Park...

Nearly 200 free wellness classes — from yoga to Zumba — launch at Finlay Park starting Monday, March 16.