Columbia SC

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Five men have been arrested following a shooting near a Midlands Walmart earlier this month. On March 8, West Columbia Police Officers responded to the 2400 block of Augusta Road after a reported shooting. That day, Investigators arrested 19-year-old Jaeden Jones and 18-year-old...

A Richland County man accused of shooting and injuring his grandson has been granted bond following a court hearing Wednesday.

Months after two inmates were killed on consecutive days at Lee Correctional Institution several other prisoners were charged in the deaths, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections . That’s the same prison where seven inmates were killed and 17 more were injured during a violent incident in 2018. On...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia City Council voted to approve a rezoning that could bring hundreds of new apartments and businesses to a busy corridor near Lake Murray Boulevard. The plan would transform nearly 10 acres of land along Dutchman Boulevard and Broad River Road from light industrial use into a mixed-use...

The unusual, curving traffic pattern where Broad River Road crosses Interstate 20 isn’t a temporary detour — it’s the long-term design. Brad Crawford, director of the Carolina Crossroads project for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, said the interchange’s “unconventional” layout was shaped both by...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — A company is proposing a new granite mining operation in northern Richland County, and state regulators are now reviewing the permit application. Heidelberg Materials Southeast has applied for a permit to mine granite at a site off Monticello Road near Burgess Creek. Documents filed with the...

When no family can be found, American Legion Post 193 in Chapin steps in to give unclaimed veterans a proper funeral and burial.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) plans to close three lanes on Lake Murray Boulevard (SC 60) in Lexington County beginning March 16 to conduct a pipe repair. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction during the work, which is expected to be completed by March...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Retired Chaplain Russ Thompson, who served the Lexington Police Department and the Town of Lexington for more than a decade, has died, the Lexington Police Department announced on Wednesday. Thompson died on March 6, according to authorities. He served as chaplain with the Lexington...

GILBERT, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said that a Lexington County woman was arrested and charged Tuesday for the alleged exploitation of a vulnerable adult. Gina B. Carnaggio, a 58-year-old Gilbert resident, has been charged with one count of exploitation of a vulnerable adult and one...