Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new student housing development is underway in Columbia, as Landmark Properties and Silverpeak Real Estate Partners break ground on The Walk on Shop Road, a townhome-style community aimed at serving students at the University of South Carolina and the surrounding area. The project comes as...

A planned sewer rehabilitation project beginning Monday, April 20, is affecting two streets in the Avenues of Cayce neighborhood. The work is expected to take around three or four weeks to complete, and the blocks will be restricted to local traffic only during the project. Construction will take place on...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Potholes on two connected roads in northeast Richland County have become so deep they are forcing drivers into oncoming traffic, according to neighbors in the Pontiac community. Residents say Jabay and Jacobs drives, which run between Two Notch Road and Spears Creek Church Road, are...

On Monday outside Columbia, as dump trucks noisily prowled the old 23-acre State newspaper grounds amid piles of rubble, developers met there with officials from the University of South Carolina school of journalism. With the remaining three-story skeletal ruins of The State’s once-venerable building as a backdrop — it looked like a war zone structure, innards laid bare — developers from Landmark Properties...

LEXINGTON – The Dutch Fork High School softball team came within a run of snapping Lexington High School’s long region winning streak before falling 8-7 in a tightly contested matchup. After being shut out 12-0 in their first meeting on March 24, the Lady Silver Foxes showed a...

First 18-hole course to open for preview play in November. Full buildout includes four courses, lodging and wellness amenities. Designed to boost golf tourism in South Carolina’s Sandhills. A new golf destination is taking shape in South Carolina’s Sandhills region. Candyroot Lodge, a 1,210-acre public golf retreat named after...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Richland County Government officials are warning the public about a text message scam in which individuals falsely claim to represent the State of South Carolina and the Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Officials say they are aware of text messages sent to residents...

The 84th commemoration of the Doolittle Raiders, originally scheduled for this Saturday, April 25 in Columbia, has been canceled. Organizers made the decision to cancel citing last-minute logistical issues that would not make for a quality experience. Organizers say the decision was made with great care and only after every reasonable path was explored.

COLUMBIA — Scout Motors’ employee training facility is open and ready to prep its first 100 electric vehicle assembly workers for jobs on the factory floor. All employees hired by the electric vehicle maker will go through hands-on instruction, using simulators and mock work stations, at the center located on Scout’s Blythewood manufacturing campus. The training is designed to get employees job ready, whether...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Charles Patten is a Captain with the Columbia Fire Department who has served his community for over 18 years. In early 2025, his wife, Melody (known by close friends and family as Mel), was diagnosed with leukemia and went through the trials and tribulations of chemotherapy.