Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A University of South Carolina School of Music professor and his ensemble have won a Grammy Award. Bassoon professor Michael Harley and his ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, in Los Angeles. The ensemble...

COLUMBIA S.C. (WACH) — The city of Cayce is set to become the first in South Carolina to host one of Thomas Dambo's internationally recognized recycled-wood troll sculptures. The Cayce City Council has approved negotiations for the project, which aims to boost tourism and long-term economic growth. There's not...

The South Carolina Brewer’s Guild (SCBG) has announced its annual beerfest, “Crafted in Carolina: A Celebration of South Carolina’s Brewers and Artisans,” will take place March 21 at Segra Park (1640 Freed Street, Columbia, SC 29201). In its third year, Crafted in Carolina will feature 150...

Brandon Chanell Joyner, 29, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. In July of 2023, Joyner fired three shots into a police vehicle upon seeing law enforcement, who were responding to a call notifying them of a man shooting a gun into the air.

BLYTHEWOOD – Part of McNulty Road was blocked off Thursday morning in front of the Richland County Sheriff’s Region Six headquarters in downtown Blythewood as approximately 50 Richland County Sheriff’s investigators arrived at Station Six. Several Sheriff’s deputies’ vehicles were pulling trailers carrying...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia police are asking for the public’s help to locate a missing and endangered man reported missing Thursday afternoon. According to the Columbia Police Department, investigators with the Special Victims Unit are searching for 74-year-old Rufus Morant. Police said Morant was last seen yesterday...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A man faces an additional indecent exposure charge after a woman reported recognizing him from a news report about his prior arrests, according to the Columbia Police Department. Police said Desmond Metcalf, 38, was nude at a car wash last summer and in plain view...

CAYCE, S.C. (WACH) — A towering troll made of scrap wood may soon be watching over the Congaree River, as officials in Cayce move forward with plans to bring a celebrated work of international public art to the city. The Cayce City Council has approved negotiations to host a...

A longtime, well-known sandwich shop in Lexington recently caught the attention of a national food website. Cribb’s Sandwich & Sweet Shop, located at 108 S. Church St. in downtown Lexington, was named on a recent list from food-centric website Chowhound. The website on Feb. 2 published a piece naming the best “hole...

Hand Middle School seventh-grade student Robert Pridgen III has been named the 2026 World’s Universal Prince for the ages 10-12 division. The World’s Universal Beauty and Prince competitions, organized by the Our Little Miss pageant system, was held January 15-19 in Montgomery, Alabama. “I’m super excited but also...