Columbia SC

Addison Rebecca Carr went six and a half minutes without oxygen when she was born ― a split moment in time that would cause severe brain damage and affect her fine motor skills. The birth complication, due to hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, would change her life forever, rendering her a child with special needs....

For a while, the Sun Belt felt almost mythological. Texas, Florida, Arizona – these were the promised lands of cheap living and warm winters. Everyone seemed to be moving there. The pandemic supercharged the trend into something almost frenzied. Then the math started catching up. Home prices shot up. Insurance costs...

South Carolina lawmakers are weighing a new legislative proposal designed to regulate the rapid expansion of data centers across the state. The “Data Center Development Act” seeks to balance the state’s burgeoning digital economy with the protection of public resources and utility rates. Data centers are specialized...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) is reporting details of a fatal crash in Lexington County involving a pickup truck. Troopers say the collision occurred on Friday at around 11:13 PM on Crystal Springs Drive at Living Waters Boulevard. According to the Highway Patrol, the crash...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A missing vulnerable adult reported in Columbia has been safely located, authorities said. Ronnie Skipper, 70, was found Saturday around 2:50 p.m., according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department. Officials thanked the community for their assistance. Skipper was last seen around 5...

Want to find massive thrift stores in South Carolina worth driving to?. These 7 huge shops offer incredible finds and memorable shopping adventures!. 1. Palmetto Thrift Store (Columbia) Palmetto Thrift Store in Columbia is the kind of place that makes you wish you’d brought a bigger car. This store...

NORTH CAROLINA — Just days after record-challenging warmth pushed temperatures into the 80s across parts of the Southeast, a dramatic reversal is now unfolding, with a surge of frigid air set to send readings 20 to 30 degrees below normal early this week. Forecasters are calling it true “temperature whiplash.”

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — According to the Columbia Police Department, investigators have arrested and charged two people in connection with the murder of a woman on Assembly Street in Columbia. On Saturday night around 8:30 p.m., a woman was found shot to death at the 2000 block of Assembly...

Some places whisper their stories, and some practically shout them from the mountaintops, but Stumphouse Tunnel in Walhalla just sits there in the woods, daring you to step inside its dark, unfinished mouth. This isn’t your typical tourist trap with gift shops and overpriced souvenirs. This is a genuine...

BOSTON – A Brazilian national unlawfully living in Massachusetts and New Hampshire was sentenced for dealing firearms without a license. According to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Justice, 22-year-old Riquelme Henrique De Aguiar Ferreira, a/k/a “Koringa,” was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William...