Columbia SC

IRMO, S.C. — The Town of Irmo will hold a workshop Tuesday evening to discuss a proposed change in its form of government, a move town leaders say is intended to align the town's ordinances with the way it already operates. Irmo currently operates under a council form of...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — Columbia High School math teacher Joshua Knight has been named a 2027 Teacher Leader Fellow by the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET). The year-long fellowship is designed to deepen educators’ knowledge of instructional best practices and help them support teaching and learning

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Richland County has major road improvements planned along McNulty Street, a corridor connecting local businesses, schools and residential neighborhoods in Blythewood. Blythewood Mayor Sloan Griffin says the project has been years in the making and is expected to improve how residents move through the

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Protesters gathered at a Columbia-area gas station where a 14-year-old was killed a day after the man who shot him was acquitted of murder. A jury found Rick Chow not guilty of murder in the death of Cyrus Carmack-Belton on Monday night. The May 2023 shooting happened outside the gas station, whi

A tractor trailer overturned off of I-77. Here's a look.

Former University of South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is opening up about the toughest challenge of his life: a diagnosis of stage four colorectal cancer.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WOLO)– Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green is reminding residents about the department’s free box fan initiative as the days continue to get hotter. Anyone in need of a fan should go to Lexington Police Department located at 111 Maiden Lane in Lexington for assistance during weekday business hours fr

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — A community is in mourning following Monday night’s not guilty verdict for store owner Rick Chow. The family of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton provided a statement to ABC News saying, “Yesterday a jury watched our 14-year-old boy run away from two grown men on video. They knew one of them shot h

A battery purchased online burst into flames while charging, causing $40,000 in damages to a Lexington County garage.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three persons have been displaced after a Tuesday afternoon apartment fire off Garners Ferry Road in southeast Columbia. On June 2, first-shift crews with Columbia-Richland Fire Department arrived at the scene at Colonial Pointe apartments on Colonial Villa Drive, off Garners Ferry Road, to find smoke