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SOUTH CAROLINA — The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office has announced the county’s first arrest under South Carolina’s new fentanyl-induced homicide law. Sheriff’s officials said 35-year-old Thomas Justin Barwick was arrested Tuesday on a charge of fentanyl-induced homicide. The charge stems from an investigation that...

South Carolina officials are warning of a rise in reports of fake money across the state.

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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — For many children entering the foster care system, the transition begins with a trash bag holding everything they own. Seacoast Church is working to change that reality, one “Journey Bag” at a time. “They call them Journey Bags,” said Cianna Nuzzo, an...

A Simpsonville woman was sentenced to four decades in prison for what prosecutors called one of the most evil things a mother could do to a child. Circuit Court Judge Patrick Fant III sentenced 26-year-old Abbygale El-Dier to 40 years. Her boyfriend, Jacob Lance, 29, who was already serving a 30-year term for a 2015...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A proposed housing development on Rosewood Drive is on hold after airport officials raised concerns about safety and federal flight path regulations tied to nearby Jim Hamilton–LB Owens Airport. The proposal calls for a three-story housing development at 1700 Rosewood Drive and Fulton Street, an...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Corey Mitchell spent years serving others as a Columbia police officer, husband, father and community leader. He says he loved people and loved being active in his city. But in 2020, his life changed suddenly when he began experiencing alarming symptoms that led to a full-body MRI.

Beginning in 2026, the days when visitors can visit national parks and monuments for free is changing, the U.S. National Park Service announced this month. The Department of the Interior eliminated almost all the existing free-pass days listed for 2025, only keeping one of the eight designated days: Veterans Day...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A major traffic issue on South Carolina roads is hit and runs, and Richland County has seen two of those collisions just in December. One of them was deadly and the other was a middle school student who was simply trying to cross the street. A woman is facing charges in that second case, but...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Santa Claus has officially left the North Pole and is making his Christmas Eve flight around the world. The folks at the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, are once again tracking Saint Nick and his reindeer. You can watch their feed of him in the livestream above this story.