Which Columbia area restaurant is your favorite for hot dogs? Vote in our poll
With summer just around the corner, The State wants you to choose your go-to spot for hot dogs.
SC county fined $3 million over issues found at Scout Motors construction site
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — State officials have fined Richland County $3 million over what inspectors said were violations found at the Scout Motors plant construction site near Blythewood. The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) executed a consent order with Richland County and Scout on May 5 that...
Tender Loving: Examining Columbia’s ever expanding chicken tender scene
The Midlands has continued to add new chicken finger places in recent times. The State’s Chris Trainor recently tried a half-dozen of them, one special sauce at a time.
South Carolina still recognizes Confederate Memorial Day. Make it stop | Opinion
Opinion editor Matthew T. Hall writes it’s that time of year again, when South Carolina and eight of the state’s 46 counties embarrassingly and dangerously close offices and give employees a day off for Confederate Memorial Day.
HOT PROPERTIES: latest SC commercial real estate deals
Major leases and sales in Spartanburg, Greenville, Charleston and Columbia. Notable transactions include retail, office, industrial and land. Colliers, NAI Earle Furman, Trinity Partners, Spencer/Hines among active firms. Properties include expansions, investments and new tenants statewide. Hot Properties is a weekly...
Soda City Living: Learning Ancient Indian Classical Dance Odissi
Irmo Police arrest 8 alleged online predators in undercover chat operation. Eight men from the Midlands are facing charges after an undercover online operation on social media conducted by several law enforcement divisions. Updated: 4 hours ago. Watch WIS News 10 at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
City of Columbia given extension by AG to reconsider ban on conversion therapy
Irmo Police arrest 8 alleged online predators in undercover chat operation. Eight men from the Midlands are facing charges after an undercover online operation on social media conducted by several law enforcement divisions. Bicyclist dies after crash involving cement truck in Columbia. Updated: 7 hours ago. Watch WIS...
Richland County deputies look for wanted woman accused of abandoning child
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) is looking for a woman accused of abandoning her child. According to an incident report, a deputy was dispatched at around 8:15 p.m. to Elmridge Road about an abandoned child. When they arrived, they spoke to a neighbor who said she was outside...
Fireworks with the SC Philharmonic Returns to Segra Park
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fireworks with the Phil, presented by Prisma Health, returns to Segra Park on Tuesday, July 2 for the fifth annual Independence Day celebration in Columbia’s BullStreet District. The South Carolina Philharmonic will perform a patriotic concert capped by a spectacular, extended fireworks display...
New townhomes proposed near Broad River Correctional Institution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Over 200 townhomes could be coming to a parcel of land less than a mile from the Broad River Correctional Institution, but only if the project gets the go ahead from the City of Columbia at a planning commission meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 8th. The...
