Columbia SC

SOUTH CAROLINA — A man was taken into custody Friday night after deputies used a helicopter to track him down following a pursuit along Interstate 95, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff T.J. Joye said dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting a driver operating a vehicle recklessly on...

A Gaston woman is accused of misusing more than $6,000 she received through the state’s school voucher program, SLED announced Thursday. Between September 2024 and September 2025, Courtney Gibson, 33, allegedly used the proceeds of her child’s taxpayer-funded education scholarship to purchase $6,547 of electronics...

SOUTH CAROLINA — Three people were arrested and a large quantity of drugs and firearms were seized following a months-long narcotics investigation in Greenwood County, according to the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the arrests of Kentayvis Markeese Goode, Ezavius Malik Tydrea Fuller and Miyaka...

SOUTH CAROLINA — A motorcyclist was killed Friday night in a crash involving an SUV in Greenville County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Troopers said the collision happened around 8:10 p.m. on SC-183 near Cedar Lane Road. According to investigators, the motorcycle was traveling south on Highway 183...

SOUTH CAROLINA — Deputies with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division are conducting an active search at a Ridgeland nightclub. According to a statement posted on social media by the sheriff’s office, the search is taking place at Tap Ultra Lounge in Ridgeland....

As a travel writer from Florida, I have been traveling and eating my way through the South for more than two decades. I have stopped at roadside stands in the Mississippi Delta, eaten breakfast in South Carolina diners where the menu had not changed since 1978, and tried things in Appalacha that would never make it...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) — The Evansville Police Department is investigating a fraud case that left one South Carolina resident out over $9,000. Documents from EPD say the financial crimes unit was contacted by the Forest Acres Police Department about a resident from Colombia who fell victim to a scam. Officials say the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia Police are investigating a shooting that happened Friday night and left a woman dead. Police arrived at the 2000 block of Assembly Street around 8:30 p.m. and found the wounded victim. They rendered aid until an ambulance arrived and took the victim to an area hospital. The victim was later...

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Friday that it is investigating an assault that happened around 9:30 p.m. Thursday on North Trenholm Road.

Her vehicle was later found abandoned on the shoulder of I-77 in Blythewood. Investigators believe she may have been picked up along the interstate..