Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Fifth Circuit solicitor’s office announced the sentencing Thursday. Johnny Fletcher Jr. pleaded guilty to murder in the death of 32-year-old Nicholas Bonepart on Feb. 10. He was sentenced to 40 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections by Judge Christopher D. Taylor. The...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in connection with the theft of a wallet from a Kroger on Two Notch Road on Feb. 3. Investigators say the suspect used the stolen credit card at...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) reports officials at Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia accepted an infant safely surrendered under the state's Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, commonly known as Daniel's Law, on Wednesday, February 11. Born just two days earlier...

One person was killed Tuesday in a crash on a Midlands road that left another person hospitalized, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol . The two-vehicle collision happened at about 7:50 p.m. in Lee County, said Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway. A 1995 Ford Escort was driving south on U.S. 15 , according to...

LANDRUM, S.C. – It’s not terribly rare for a son or daughter to pick up the family trade, and to continue in the employment footsteps of a successful parent. It IS pretty unique, however, when the family trade is professional bass fishing, and when not one but two siblings follow the path that was laid out by their...

Due to Sunday's impending weather forecast of rain, the Lexington County chili cookoff is being postponed by one week. The event will now take place on Sunday, February 22 from 12 - 5 p.m. Tickets are still available for a discounted advance rate of $15 for adults and $5 for...

Since 2010, music, food trucks and a parade have brought New Orleans, Louisiana, to Columbia. Music plays from three stages as crowds bathed in gold, green and purple dance. Some hold Louisiana beer or classic Cajun-Creole food. Kids run around with their goodies from a parade. The 16th Annual Mardi...

PROSPERITY — Prosperity Police Chief Wesley Palmore has successfully graduated from the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety (EPPS) Program, from the Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of South Carolina. The EPPS Program is an executive-level leadership program that focuses on contemporary issues in...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Finlay Park will introduce “Finlay Fridays” later this month. The park announced that every Friday, starting Feb. 20, it will host concerts through Oct. 30, 2026. The event is open to the public, and food and drinks will be available. The artists performing for...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– The Richland County Fire Marshals Office is investigating a second fire this month at a Midlands apartment complex. Officials say just before 6 on Wednesday morning, Feb. 11, 2026, they responded to Bent Tree Apartments on Bent Tree Road to a fire in the apartments’ leasing office...