Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the first time, the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina has brought its traveling Anne Frank exhibit to the SC State Fair. In the Cantey Building, visitors can explore photos and stories that trace Frank’s life during World War II and the Holocaust.

South Carolina’s sandwich scene is full of hidden treasures that locals protect like precious family secrets. From Columbia’s bustling lunch counters to Charleston’s beloved delis, these spots have earned their place in the hearts of regulars who return week after week. Whether it’s a perfectly smoked pulled pork...

The State House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday after a three-hour executive session meeting that they would have unanimously voted to try and expel ex-SC Rep. RJ May had he not already resigned.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – WACH-TV anchor Brian McConchie, pictured with Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon, successfully defended his title at the 6th Annual Celebrity Boiled Peanut Eating Contest held at the South Carolina State Fair. Sponsored by the Lexington County Blowfish, the contest featured local media personalities...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A vacant lot along the 900 block of Harden Street could soon see new life as part of a proposed redevelopment project in Columbia’s Five Points district. Bow Truss Capital is proposing a new single-story, 6,800-square-foot commercial building for the site, which sits between Harden and Walnut streets...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A South Carolina lawmaker has found himself at odds with the state’s top law enforcement agency. Earlier this week, Congressman Ralph Norman penned an open letter to SLED, the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division. In that letter, Norman demanded answers about why an alleged...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Two South Carolina Department of Corrections’ Walden Farm workers have been arrested. Corina Francine Richards-Parnell, 34, of Columbia, is charged with sexual misconduct with an inmate, two counts of criminal conspiracy, dissemination of obscenity, and providing contraband to an inmate....

COLUMBIA — A death row inmate who killed three people in South Carolina during a crime spree 21 years ago has reached the end of his appeals process and can receive an execution warrant, according to a Tuesday letter from the state attorney general’s office. Stephen Bryant, 44, pleaded guilty in 2008 to murder,...

The nearly 50-year-old building that houses a downtown-adjacent Columbia Fire Station has been crumbling for years. The station at 1015 Ferguson St., between Assembly Avenue and the Olympia neighborhood, was built as a floral warehouse in the 1970s and converted into a fire station in the 1990s. After years of...

Addie shifts her weight and tilts her head, working every angle to blend the blue and black strands of hair that frame 53-year-old Ritalia’s dark-lined eyes. A few chairs over, another student of the Paul Mitchell cosmetology school takes electric clippers to a man’s barely there curly hair. There’s seating for more...