Columbia SC

Students trying to learn a foreign language at a Midlands elementary school are missing their teacher, after a holdup in extending her visa forced her to stop teaching before the end of the semester. According to an email that was sent last week to parents at Midway Elementary, French immersion teacher Maria...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WOLO)– Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting a man to death last week in West Columbia, says the sheriff’s dept. Patrick David Esparza was identified by detectives as a person of interest in the shooting death of Charles Boyd Moore Jr.

Richland School District 2 is cutting jobs. School board members for the Columbia-area district moved to approve the district’s outlined recommendations for position eliminations at a meeting Tuesday night. The motion passed with a 6-1 vote, with board member Monica Elkins-Scott as the only dissenting voice. Before...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Steel Hands Brewing announced its Summer Rock Tour Series, which will feature rock tribute bands. All shows will begin at 6 p.m. at Steel Hands Brewing in Cayce, South Carolina and are free and open to the public. “This summer, we’re excited to bring something new...

Three years ago, a new strategic plan for South Carolina was announced, with intentions to prioritize new sectors, including as headquarters. This morning, in alignment with that plan, Amarok announced its new headquarters would be in the growing BullStreet District. Since it first began calling Columbia home in...

Things may look a little different on this Richland County Road as the state transportation department implements a new traffic pattern, albeit temporarily. As a part of the Carolina Crossroads, or Malfunction Junction, project, a new temporary traffic pattern on Community Road will begin on March 31, according to...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — The West Columbia Police Department is alerting residents to temporary disruptions as improvement work gets underway at a popular public parking lot in the River District. Crews began work Tuesday, March 24, at the parking lot located at 420 Meeting Street. The project includes seal...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — After months of discussion and public feedback, the Richland County Council voted Tuesday night to approve a rezoning request that will allow the expansion of a county-owned landfill in the northern part of the county. The council approved changing 63 acres of land from agricultural...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — A community effort is underway in Lexington County to support Transportation Security Administration agents at Columbia Metropolitan Airport who continue working without a paycheck due to an ongoing funding battle in Congress. Local leaders and businesses are collecting gas gift cards to help TSA...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Early in the morning Columbia-Richland fire crews responded to a fire at an apartment building, say firefighters. Around 8:45 a.m., 3rd shift Columbia-Richland Fire Department crews found heavy smoke coming from a 4-unit building. One unit at the Woodland Terrace Apartments was showing heavy...