Columbia SC

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...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – Get ready to dress to the nine for a good cause this November!. The 22nd Annual Iconic Affair gala and fundraiser starts Saturday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street. Curtis spoke with Charlene Slaughter and Priya Olden...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King “Honor the Dream Food Drive” starts this week. The City of Columbia, Richland School District One, and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Foundation will kick off the annual food drive benefiting Harvest Hope Food Bank, Oct. 13- Nov. 14.

? Astral Development and Steady Capital plan 483,000-square-foot project 288 Class-A apartments with retail, restaurant and fitness space Located at Bull Street and Elmwood Avenue near BullStreet Dis...

A Midlands mayor must pay a $1,300 fine imposed after the S.C. Ethics Commission found he violated the state Ethics Act. Commissioners earlier this month rejected an appeal from Batesburg-Leesville Mayor Lancer Shull challenging his fine and the commission’s February finding that by voting for his own appointment to...

Columbia, South Carolina, is home to pitmasters, sauces, and sides that define the region’s barbecue scene. So, we had to give some of the city’s top-rated spots a try. From smoky pits to creative cocktails, Columbia’s barbecue scene blends tradition with creativity. With family recipes and nationally...