Columbia SC

IRMO – The Town of Irmo is adding a brand-new tradition to its holiday calendar this year. The Irmo Events Committee has announced plans for the First Annual Irmo Christmas Parade, which will take place on Saturday, December 6, beginning at 9 a.m. The parade will feature festive floats,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia is looking for volunteers to help with its upcoming pedestrian and bicyclist counts this fall. These counts are part of a project that started back in 2014 through the city’s Walk Bike Columbia Master Plan. Since then, volunteers have logged nearly 50,000 pedestrians and more...

? Nicholas Sloan of Savannah River Site joins Weapon Intern Program Prestigious 11-month training at Sandia prepares nuclear security experts Only 24 participants accepted annually, with 1–2 from SRS...

Two Richland One high schools have been named among the “Best High Schools” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its 2025-2026 ranking. Dreher High School and A.C. Flora High School were ranked in the top 40% out of 17,901 public high schools nationwide. U.S....

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - One Midlands school district could be facing potential state funding cuts due to lowering enrollment numbers. Lexington-Richland School District Five could see a reduction in state funding after losing more than 600 students since school started back in August, according to the district’s...

In the last 7 days, 14 earthquakes have struck the same general area around Coronaca, South Carolina which is south of Greenville-Spartanburg, west of Columbia, and north of Augusta, Georgia; authorities are warning about the possibility of more earthquakes in the hours and days ahead and want people taking...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — A man accused of a violent assault in the Midlands has been arrested in Georgia after fleeing across state lines, authorities confirmed. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department identified the suspect as 22-year-old Edgar Ivian Duarte Loa, who was taken into custody Monday night in Carroll...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Some Columbia residents say they’ve recently noticed more warnings and citations for parking the wrong way on their streets. What might feel like a habit could cost drivers a $25 ticket and it's not something new that's being enforced, the city says. Jim Morris, who...

CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — False active shooter alerts, also known as swatting calls, are becoming increasingly common at universities across the United States. There's been recent incidents at Kansas State University, the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina. Students at Coastal Carolina University...

Midlands school officials were told to pay foreign hackers a ransom after a cyberattack knocked out their computer systems and compromised some students’ data. Lexington-Richland 5 declined to pay, Superintendent Akil Ross told a virtual town hall for district parents on Tuesday. A former FBI agent and cybersecurity...