Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Columbia Police Department has issued an update regarding a Wednesday morning accident at N. Main & Columbia College Dr. Traffic Safety Unit officers have cited a 29-year-old male driver for reckless driving, disregarding a traffic control device, and driving without insurance. A female...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The first Whataburger in Columbia's city limits is now moving closer to opening. This week, the signs on the building, located at 4456 Devine Street, were turned on at night. Crews have been working for months to refurbish and transition the building to a location for the popular burger chain.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Columbia Police say they are investigating two shootings that happened overnight. Officers say one occurred on Lincoln Street and the other happened on Garners Ferry Road. According to investigators, a male was fatally shot, and three others were injured during the Lincoln Street incident....

Lexington County, S.C. (WACH) — Thursday morning a judge handed down a ten-year sentence to Joshua Yarborough after he got behind the wheel of a truck drunk in September 2023, killing Leeya Leaverette, 17, and her grandfather Cornelius Clory, 68. Clory's wife survived the crash. On September 15, just...

The shootings took place early Friday morning in Columbia’s historic Elmwood Park neighborhood.

Embezzler Robert Emory’s theft of $4.8 million from a small South Carolina company in a rural town devastated the company and will throw up to some 100 people out of work.

A new golf cart law in South Carolina aims to improve safety for passengers, especially kids.

You step off the bus and notice a group of locals chatting outside a cozy café, their laughter mixing with the clink of coffee cups. A horse-drawn carriage clops by, and the air carries a faint scent of pine from nearby woods. It’s a small-town scene that feels welcoming, like you’ve stumbled into a friend’s neighborhood.

COLUMBIA – A Richland County school with “a documented history of crime, violence, assaults and weapons offenses” is the subject of a lawsuit that says a student was shot in the school’s parking lot. The litigation stems from a shooting incident on or about April 30...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Several South Carolina nonprofits are being forced to slash vital services following the loss of millions in earmarked state funds with leaders warning the cuts will harm vulnerable communities across the state. Ashley Olayinka is the CEO of The Hive Community Circle a Columbia based nonprofit...