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LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - A man was killed after a crash in Lexington County early Monday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol said the wreck happened at around 7:15 a.m. Wagner Highway near the intersection of Rhoda Rish Road. Troopers said a 2002 Ford F-350 towing a trailer was heading...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting that hit multiple homes on Monday evening. Deputies went around 6:15 p.m. to the 1800 block of Faraway Drive for a shots-fired call. While responding, deputies were alerted in the 1900 block of Nearview Avenue about...

One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Lexington County, S.C., early Saturday, March 7, 2026, around 2:20 a.m. at Westwoods Drive near Distant Lane. A westbound 2008 Chevrolet pickup collided with a tree and overturned; the driver, the sole occupant, was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigation Details....

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Columbia, South Carolina – As spring storm systems strengthen across the United States, emergency officials are urging South Carolina residents to review tornado safety plans now as severe weather threats...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) plans to install a temporary all-way stop intersection on SC-6 at Meadowfield Road and Jim Spence Road in Lexington County beginning March 13. Transportation officials said the change is part of an ongoing project to build a roundabout...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is rolling into the City of West Columbia. Officials say the wienermobile will be coming this Thursday, March 12, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be Oscar Mayer hot dogs, yard games, and more. City officials ask that people...

A Richland County school employee is no longer on campus after a school district was informed of a law enforcement investigation. Horrell Hill Elementary School Principal Shannon Adams told families that the school was aware the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a school employee, according to a...

COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — Today is the 5th straight day of temperatures in the 80s for Columbia and much of the Midlands, the longest such streak in the month of March since 2017. We have two more unusually warm days ahead of us. Highs will climb to the mid...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Young brother gorillas Moyo and ZaKota are preparing for a major move from Riverbanks Zoo and Garden to the Dallas Zoo this month. The pair, born in 2018, will be relocated under a recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan (SSP) Breeding and Transfer...

Earlier this morning at around 7:12 a.m., a vehicle ran off the road in Lexington on Wagner Highway near the intersection with Rhoda Rish Road. The incident occurred after the driver of the vehicle ran off the road, hitting a ditch, fence and a utility pole. The driver then attempted to exit their vehicle before it...