Columbia SC

The multicultural two-day festival is back for the 31st year at the state fairgrounds April 18-19. The Columbia International Festival returns to the Cantey and Goodman buildings at 1200 Rosewood Dr. with more than 100 national exhibitors each representing a country. In addition to each country portrayed at a booth, there are 19 food vendors representing a country and their native foods...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — City leaders in Columbia are asking for public input on a proposed project aimed at improving safety along one of downtown’s busiest corridors - Assembly Street. For many who walk the area every day, the concerns are already clear. “I know we’re all out here,...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department have arrested a man after receiving weekly calls reporting gunshots. Deputies say the callers reported gunshots in the area of Main Street (Old Eastover) and McCords Ferry Road between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30 pm. On...

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (WIS) - Dominion Energy will install new power lines in the Midlands this weekend. Dominion Energy said the installations will take place across I-77 near Blythewood, about 1.3 miles north of Exit 24 (U.S. 21/Wilson Boulevard). The work may cause brief delays as flaggers direct traffic near the...

Two ammunition cans containing explosive materials have been disposed of after being found at a construction site in southeast Columbia Friday morning, authorities said. A spokesperson for Shaw Air Force Base said in a statement late Friday that members of its explosive ordnance disposal team had been asked for assistance dealing with the explosives, which were discovered Friday morning at a construction site on...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said it is investigating an attempted ATM theft in Blythewood. Deputies said they responded to an alarm at First Community Bank, 201 Main St., about 2:40 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, they said they found an ATM had been forcibly removed from the ground, left on its side and partially cracked open. Money was still...

Richland School District Two voted Thursday to censure a board member over her alleged conduct.

A popular Columbia restaurant that has long been known for cinnamon rolls, breakfast, sandwiches, hot dogs and more is planning a new location in Lexington. Cinnamon Roll Deli is planning a new shop at 309 S. Lake Drive just off downtown Lexington. It will be located in the building that formerly was home to Cafe Strudel. There is a large banner on the front...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff's Department have arrested a man after complaints of shots being fired in the Eastover area on Thursday. After getting complaints about shots fired in the Vanboklen Road and McCords Ferry Road area, one of the deputies set up a listening station by parking his patrol car off Vanboklen Road around 8:15 p.m., turning off...

A man armed with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition was arrested Thursday on suspicion of discharging firearms while driving through rural Richland County with an open container of alcohol, the sheriff’s department said. Elliot Collier, 47, was charged with aggravated breach of peace, a misdemeanor, after deputies pulled him over at about 8:30 p.m. upon hearing multiple shots fired in the area...