Columbia SC

COLUMBIA – One Columbia for Arts and Culture has announced its new Call for Walls campaign, an initiative to find new locations for public murals throughout the city. The program invites property owners to submit their exterior walls for consideration in upcoming art projects. The organization hopes to secure at...

Local Living on ABC Columbia brought to you by MUSC Health. LOCAL LIVING: COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)— In today’s look at Local Living, get ready for a scary good time at Riverbanks’ annual Boo at the Zoo. It’s from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each night starting Friday,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Wednesday, October 15, was Seniors Day at the South Carolina State Fair, giving visitors aged 55 and older the chance to enjoy all the sights, sounds, and tastes of the fair for just $5 admission at the gate. For many in the Midlands, the day offered...

WIS's Nick Neville is out at the WIS tent at the SC State Fair and is showing you all the swag we have to offer.

Lexington County, SC – Deputies are asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect linked to a trailer theft in Lexington County. According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, a man was caught on camera at the scene where a black 2023 Spartan enclosed trailer was stolen. Inside the trailer was a teal...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A rezoning request by the Solid Waste Department in Richland County could mean changes. The land — located off Montgomery Road — could be changed from residential agriculture to heavy industrial use. But many living nearby say they’re concerned about what that could mean for their community.

Finlay Park has been under construction since September 2023, and the time to unveil the anticipated renovations has come. Part of the re-opening festivities will be Finlay Park’s Jam Room Music Festival, set to be held right after the park's grand reopening ceremony on Nov. 15, from noon to 10 p.m.

After four years of criminal charges, guilty pleas and humiliation, ex-banker Russell Laffitte had nothing to say. “Your honor, I don’t think Mr. Laffitte wants to address the court,” Laffitte’s lawyer Mark Moore told S.C. Judge Heath Taylor on Monday at Laffitte’s sentencing hearing — the final act for one of South...

A South Carolina man was killed Wednesday in an early morning shooting, according to the Columbia Police Department . The shooting happened at the Columbia Garden Apartments at 4000 Plowden Road, police said in a news release. That’s in a part of Columbia between Shop Road and South Beltline Boulevard, near Jim...

HOPKINS, S.C. — Ms. Michelle Middleton shares the kind of love that can only come from years of care and compassion. Because this love isn’t just from her special education students at Hopkins Elementary, but her co-workers as well. “We started as co-workers, then we went to friends,...