Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for stealing checks from the mail and selling sensitive banking information as part of a wire fraud scheme. Vincent Anthony Gailliard Jr., 41, of Sumter County, was sentenced Friday after...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina trooper has been awarded a prestigious honor for his efforts to save lives on a major interstate roughly two months earlier. The South Carolina Highway Patrol announced that Senior Trooper R.A. Lee had received the Director's Medal of Valor Award for his fast actions that stopped a...

Doko Manor was built to bring Blythewood together. Instead, it’s become a battleground. The town’s central indoor venue now serves both as the heart of allegations of mismanagement and abuse of power, and also as the host of contentious meetings where the mayor and council members of the growing municipality...

A 21-year-old Lexington woman has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting Tuesday night in West Columbia. Lexington County deputies responded to a home in the 2700 block of Leaphart Road following a 911 call about a gunshot wound. Authorities say the victim, identified by Lexington County Coroner...

Five Points bar Jake’s of Columbia, which has a history of defending lawsuits that allege its overserving of alcohol has caused drunk driving deaths and injuries, is trying to keep secret the settlement in its latest drunk driving death lawsuit. A secrecy motion by Jake’s lawyers is scheduled to be heard at noon...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia is holding a hiring fair later this month as it prepares for the highly anticipated grand reopening of Finlay Park. The event, hosted by the city’s Human Resources and Parks and Recreation departments, will take place Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at the Busby Street Community...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Midlands school was placed on secure status for just over an hour on Friday. A spokesperson with Richland School District Two confirmed to WIS that Dent Middle School was placed in secure status at around 1:20 p.m. The school was deemed to no longer be...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs will host its annual Governor’s Summit on Veterans’ Affairs on Thursday. The summit will be from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Pastides Alumni Center in Downtown Columbia. The annual event is a special...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Investigators with the Columbia Police Department have arrested two men in connection with a fatal shooting at a Midlands convenience store. On August 22 officers were called to a shooting that occurred at a BP gas station shortly after 10:00 p.m. at 3213 Farrow Road.

COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — The search for Angela Fuller, a 56-year-old Columbia woman missing since August 29, continues as her family expresses growing concern over her disappearance. Fuller was last seen on Beltline Boulevard in Columbia, just two days after celebrating her birthday. Her family has been conducting...