Columbia Police investigate after 2 hurt in shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Columbia police are investigating a shooting that has left 2 people, including a child, injured. Police say the shooting happened just before 3 p.m. Saturday, around the 600 block of Rawl Street. According to law enforcement, a child and a man have non-life-threatening injuries. CPD says...
Officials report afternoon earthquake in South Carolina
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake in South Carolina on Saturday. Officials said the 2.2-magnitude quake hit at a depth of 7 kilometers about 3.1 miles south-southeast of Lake Murray of Richland around 1:55 p.m. The quake was also 3.7 miles west...
Shaw Air Force Base bans uniforms off-base; restricts visitors
Shaw Air Force Base military personnel are no longer allowed to wear their uniforms off-base. The change in policy was announced Saturday night, along with tightened restrictions on visitors to the base. Military personnel must now report to the base in civilian clothes and change into uniform before reporting for...
The Boykin Spaniel, ‘the little brown dog,’ is a special breed of SC history...
Jones, Button and Snuff sit quietly in their kennels as the trailer carrying the three Boykin Spaniels bounces along behind the pickup truck. It is a fine day—cool and cloudless, with only an unmistakable anticipation hanging in the air—and Johnny Holden parks in a field on his Galivants Ferry farm and gets out, dog...
Heard loud booms in Columbia? Fort Jackson confirms what caused them
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities say some unusual noise in northeastern Columbia on Sunday morning has an explanation. Fort Jackson said it conducted three "controlled detonations" on the training range around 8:35 a.m. on Sunday. WLTX viewers reported hearing three "booms" around the same time. The Army post added that...
Police investigating shooting incident in South Carolina
SOUTH CAROLINA — An investigation is underway following a shooting incident Sunday morning in Myrtle Beach. According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, officers responded to the 600 block of South Ocean Boulevard just before 7 a.m. after receiving reports of a shooting. Police said no injuries were reported in...
Columbia VA begins major infrastructure upgrades across Dorn campus
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia VA Health Care System has announced the start of multiple infrastructure modernization projects aimed at improving patient safety and expanding clinical capabilities for Veterans across South Carolina. Officials said the upgrades are part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide Department...
Spring today, one more taste of winter tomorrow
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — After a foggy and cloudy start this morning, sunshine returns this afternoon. High temperatures rebound from the mid-60s yesterday into the mid to upper 70s today. A backdoor cold front arrives tonight, dropping highs back into the mid and upper 50s for Monday. This front...
Head of SC conservation agency to leave for private sector
COLUMBIA — The head of the state’s land conservation agency will leave his role this summer, he announced Friday. Raleigh West has led the Conservation Bank, an agency of four full-time employees that coordinates land protection projects across the state, since 2019. After the fiscal year ends June 30, West plans to...
South Carolina woman killed in crash, Lexington County coroner says
A South Carolina woman was killed in a recent crash that left two other people hospitalized, according to the Lexington County Coroner’s Office . Jaroslava Cameron, a 70-year-old Prosperity resident, died Friday in what Coroner Margaret Fisher called an accident . The two-vehicle collision happened at about 5:25...

















