Columbia SC

If you’ve ever driven across the Gervais Street bridge, which connects downtown Columbia and West Columbia over the Congaree River, and tensed up from the tight lanes, you’re not alone. Built in the late 1920s, the quarter-mile bridge was built more than four decades before the enactment of the National Bridge...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) announced Friday, Dec. 12 that the State Grand Jury has issued indictments in the drug trafficking investigation known as “Ganjapreneur.”

Officials responding to a South Carolina measles outbreak are following an increasingly familiar script in their advice to families: You should vaccinate your kids, but it's your choice. Why it matters: Nationwide measles cases have topped 1,900 this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention —...

CAYCE, S.C. — After years of investigation and repeated attempts by a suspect to evade authorities, a man wanted in connection with a 2021 homicide in Cayce has been taken into custody and charged with murder. Cayce Police officers responded in the early morning hours of June 14, 2021,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A pedestrian is dead after a collision in Richland County on Sunday night, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Authorities say the crash occurred around 7 p.m. on Two Notch Road near Jabay Drive. A Toyota Camry was traveling South on Two Notch Road...

Michael Davis finished a 200-mile run from the coast to Columbia, raising money to help children attend Young Life summer camp.

A South Carolina man is in jail after a recent drug bust at a motel, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office . Theodore Alexander Hardy, a 39-year-old Sumter resident, was arrested Dec. 12, the sheriff’s office said Tuesday in a news release. Members of the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections is partnering with the Department of Aging to deliver more than 1,400 handmade gifts to elderly long-term care residents across the state. Prisoners at 21 facilities volunteer to knit blankets, stuffed animals, hats and scarves for the holiday...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) - Officials have identified a teenager killed after a shooting over the weekend in Fairfield County. Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill said 17-year-old Marvin Donnell Jones, Jr. died Saturday at the Winnfield West Apartments in Winnsboro. According to the Fairfield County Sheriff’s...

Columbia, South Carolina – A Columbia woman identified by authorities as a validated gang member has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison following a shooting outside a local nightclub that occurred while she was already on probation for prior felony convictions. Federal Sentence Handed Down. Taylor...