Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A three-vehicle crash temporarily closed the Gervais Street bridge for several hours on Saturday, according to the Columbia Police Department. The CPD’s Traffic Safety Unit investigated the circumstances around the crash. Authorities say a male driver who died in the crash on the Gervais...

SOUTH CAROLINA — One person is dead and another is injured following a crash early Monday in Beaufort County. The crash happened around 12:45 a.m. on Brickyard Point Road near Fiddler Drive. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2004 Toyota pickup truck was traveling north on Brickyard Point Road when it...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — The Richland County Coroner's Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying human skeletal remains discovered in a wooded area. Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford says the remains were found Saturday night in a wooded area between Two Notch Road, Oakcrest Drive, and...

WACH FOX is providing updates on school closings due to a threat of severe weather conditions on Monday. The potential for dangerous thunderstorms, damaging winds, tornadoes, and hail across the Midlands is causing school closures. SCHOOL SCHEDULE UPDATES:. Richland One. Richland County School District One announced...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A South Carolina woman wanted for allegedly participating in a phone scam where the caller claimed to be a member of the Lancaster County Sheriff's Department has been arrested, Manheim Township Police announced Monday. Veronica Anntonette Oliva, 36, of Columbia, SC, was extradited to Lancaster...

SOUTH CAROLINA — A 16-year-old was arrested Sunday evening after a traffic stop led officers to discover drugs and a stolen firearm, according to the North Charleston Police Department. Police said officers were patrolling near Dorchester Road and South Allen Drive when they noticed a vehicle with illegal window...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A tornado outbreak occurred across the state of South Carolina the afternoon of March 15 of 2008. Many of the tornadoes confirmed were considered strong (EF2/EF3). The event changed the lives of many and caused an estimated 40 million dollars in damage. 85 homes/mobile homes destroyed...

Sometimes the most extraordinary things grow in the most unexpected places, and nowhere is that truer than at the Pearl Fryar Topiary Garden in Bishopville, South Carolina. You know those moments when you’re driving through South Carolina and think you’ve seen everything the Palmetto State has to offer?

NWS Columbia teams verified four EF-0 tornadoes from Thursday, March 12, 2026, storms across South Carolina, with peak winds up to 80 mph. Ridge Spring (Saluda Co.): 9:18 a.m., 80 mph winds, 0.45-mile path, 100 yd width; damaged farm structures/trees. Bamberg Co.: 10:24 a.m., 75 mph winds, 0.21-mile path, 25...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The West Columbia Police Department is searching for 17-year-old Lamara Green, who was reported missing from her home on Platt Springs Road Saturday evening. Green, who ran away around 6 p.m., is 5 feet 2 inches tall, weighs approximately 150 pounds, and has black...