Columbia SC

A South Carolina courtroom reached a final resolution last week as Jacob Ray Wescott was sentenced to 33 years in prison for the death of a ten-month-old boy. The sentence, handed down by the Honorable Milton G. Kimpson on February 9, follows a jury’s decision to convict Wescott of homicide by child abuse.

More questions than answers abound after a shocking discovery was made in the Midlands. WIS TV in Columbia reported Friday that a fetus was found by workers at a water treatment plant in Sumter County.

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - A video of a 10-year-old girl in the middle of the floor at an Upstate daddy-daughter dance has gone viral, with viewers applauding her courage. The video, which has over 930K likes on TikTok, shows the girl, Ireland, moving through a circle of dancers to...

Have your rain gear ready to go Sunday with soaking rainfall in the forecast to wrap up the weekend!

Those are the words that D'yanis Reed's late grandmother would comfort her with as child. These words have stuck with her and offered inspiration for her exhibit Keep Living. Photography found its way into Reed's life early. "Even when I was a little kid, I used to carry a camera around...I just knew photography was...

IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five is expanding opportunities for students to earn college credentials while still in high school through the launch of a new Dual Enrollment Sophomore Associates Degree Pathway, made possible through a partnership with Midlands Technical College. An information session for...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) is investigating after a shooting ended with one dead on Sunday afternoon. According to RCCSD, deputies were dispatched to the 10 block of Cutlers Ct after being informed someone was shot. After arriving, deputies said they found the victim...

Columbia Police are investigating a shooting around 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 5600 block of Farrow Road near the Barbeque Pit restaurant, where one person was wounded and hospitalized after an initial fight escalated to gunfire. Authorities described it as an isolated incident with no ongoing threat to the public,...

A pedestrian was hit and killed by a vehicle travelling on Garners Ferry Road around 8:05 p.m. Sunday night, the South Carolina Highway Patrol reported. A 2005 Toyota Sienna was travelling west on Garners Ferry Road when the vehicle struck a pedestrian who was in the street at the time, according to SCHP. There was...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A second earthquake in three days was reported in Irmo late Sunday. The United States Geological Survey said a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was detected around three miles west of Irmo at around midnight. It came after a magnitude 2.8 quake was reported Friday night near the...