Columbia SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A South Carolina state trooper has been released from the hospital after being hit during a traffic stop, leaving him in ‘serious condition.’. South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Wayne LaBounty was released from the hospital on Thursday after being hit by a pickup truck during a...

Soul food isn’t just dinner in Columbia—it’s a heartbeat you can taste. From crackling fried chicken that snaps with every bite to collard greens slow-cooked until they whisper family secrets, this city knows how to keep its culinary roots alive. Columbia doesn’t just serve soul food—it celebrates...

Following 23 years of service to the department, including a year as its leader, Steven Jonas will retire as police chief for the town of Congaree, according to town officials. Jonas’ retirement comes a month after he was involved in a two-vehicle collision , where an investigation revealed that Jonas suffered an...

The long and sad saga of once prominent S.C. banker Russell Laffitte, whose fate intertwined with convicted killer Alex Murdaugh, closed a chapter Thursday. Standing before a state judge at the Richland County courthouse, Laffitte, 54, pleaded guilty to eight of 21 banking fraud-related state charges against him as...

When Kyra Kearse first visited a pharmacy to pick up free boxes of the overdose reversal drug naloxone, she had a flashback to herself five years earlier, when she was buying drugs and living on the street. “How many do you want?” the pharmacist asked her in December about naloxone, often known by the name […]

FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Mexican national who was illegally living in the United States has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his role in bringing fentanyl from Mexico to South Carolina, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Francisco Villa-Garcia, also known as Francisco Villa-Dominguez, Andres...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Thousands of South Carolina drivers were cited during a recent five-day enforcement campaign aimed at cracking down on distracted driving and failures to move over for roadside emergency vehicles. Operation “Keep Us Safe”. The campaign, dubbed Operation Keep Us Safe, ran from September 15 through...

Offices of the governor and South Carolina Emergency Preparedness are on alert because of a pair of potential hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — Deputies are investigating a shooting in the Hopkins area of Richland County that sent one person to the hospital on Friday. The Richland County Sheriff's Department said deputies were called to the 400 block of Harmon Road, a Hopkins address, around 6 p.m. to reports of a shooting....

LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS) - Age is just a number for Claudette Constable, who’s proving that it’s never too late to start something new. At 80 years old, Constable is the oldest employee at Millennium Rehab and Nursing in Lexington. She works in the kitchen, preparing and delivering food trays to residents—a job she...