Columbia SC

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,...

Despite state lawmakers taking action this year the change the increasing liquor liability rates, the Midlands have still seen local businesses and bars shutting down due to these high rates. In South Carolina, the law requires establishments to carry $1 million in liquor liability insurance. Rates that have been...

There's a new mobile unit for the Palmetto Family Service Center in Columbia (PFSC). A ribbon cutting ceremony happening Wednesday will officially deploy the new unit. Community members are invited to join the staff of the PFSC and PALSS, Inc., along with community leaders, for the event. It's taking place at 3 p.m....

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — A Lexington family is asking for community support after a tragic house fire on Oct. 14 claimed the life of 66-year-old Donna Hunter and critically injured her husband, Paul Hunter. Ashley, Adam & Tiffany Hunter are asking for the community's support following the loss...

Newly released footage shows the moments leading up to a crash that killed a South Carolina state trooper earlier this year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) Former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte was sentenced to prison Monday morning in a Richland County courtroom on state charges stemming from financial crimes connected to former attorney and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh. Laffitte had previously been found guilty in November 2022 of...

Alex Murdaugh was found guilty in March 2023 for the murders of his wife and son. Here’s a timeline of everything we know about the Murdaugh family saga.

Thousands of people from across the Palmetto State are expected at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Statehouse for what is expected to be part of the nation’s largest organized protest in history. A coalition of civil rights groups is pulling together millions of participants in more than 2,500 events...

Construction along Leesburg Road in Richland County is nothing new for drivers who travel the area often. Work has been underway since 2022 as part of a $50 million South Carolina Department of Transportation project to widen the 4.5-mile stretch from two lanes to four. Crews continue paving and preparing...