One person injured, multiple suspects in custody following shooting incident in South Carolina
SOUTH CAROLINA — Florence police have multiple suspects in custody after a minor was shot Monday evening. Officers were initially responding to a reported shooting on Coit Street when they heard additional gunfire on North Dargan Street, according to police. A call then came in reporting a shooting involving a...
Tenth Earthquake in 30 Days Strikes South Carolina
South Carolina has had a rash of seismicity in recent weeks, with earthquakes striking just outside of Charleston near the coast and Columbia in the middle of the state. An earthquake which struck just before midnight last night became the tenth, impacting an area just west of Columbia. There have been three areas...
Three Decades Behind Bars: South Carolina Man Sentenced In 2020 Infant Death
A South Carolina courtroom reached a final resolution last week as Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the death of a ten-month-old boy. The sentence, handed down by the Honorable Milton G. Kimpson on February 9, follows a jury’s decision to convict Wescott of homicide by child abuse.
Dead fetus found at water plant in the Midlands
More questions than answers abound after a shocking discovery was made in the Midlands. WIS TV in Columbia reported Friday that a fetus was found by workers at a water treatment plant in Sumter County.
10-year-old girl goes viral for busting a move at a S.C. daddy-daughter dance
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A video of a 10-year-old girl in the middle of the floor at an Upstate daddy-daughter dance has gone viral, with viewers applauding her courage. The video, which has over 930K likes on TikTok, shows the girl, Ireland, moving through a circle of dancers to...
FIRST ALERT: Soggy forecast on tap for the Midlands Sunday
Have your rain gear ready to go Sunday with soaking rainfall in the forecast to wrap up the weekend!
Keep Living by D’yanis Reed
Those are the words that D'yanis Reed's late grandmother would comfort her with as child. These words have stuck with her and offered inspiration for her exhibit Keep Living. Photography found its way into Reed's life early. "Even when I was a little kid, I used to carry a camera around...I just knew photography was...
Lexington-Richland School District Five Launches Dual Enrollment Sophomore Associates Pathway
IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five is expanding opportunities for students to earn college credentials while still in high school through the launch of a new Dual Enrollment Sophomore Associates Degree Pathway, made possible through a partnership with Midlands Technical College. An information session for...
Shooting leaves one dead in Richland County, deputies say
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) is investigating after a shooting ended with one dead on Sunday afternoon. According to RCCSD, deputies were dispatched to the 10 block of Cutlers Ct after being informed someone was shot. After arriving, deputies said they found the victim...
Shooting on Farrow Road leaves one wounded; investigation underway
Columbia Police are investigating a shooting around 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 5600 block of Farrow Road near the Barbeque Pit restaurant, where one person was wounded and hospitalized after an initial fight escalated to gunfire. Authorities described it as an isolated incident with no ongoing threat to the public,...

















