Columbia SC

For the first time since it created a new process for proposed housing developments to go through, the Lexington County Council voted down a planned townhome project. Developers for Avanti Townhomes wanted to put 83 townhome units on 22 acres southwest of the town of Lexington, near where Longs Pond Road crosses...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Weekend plans across the Midlands may be disrupted as heavy rain and strong thunderstorms are expected to move into the Columbia area by Saturday afternoon, forecasters warn. Storm Timing and Impacts. According to the National Weather Service, rain chances will rise sharply Friday evening and remain...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A nonprofit that primarily works with funding new pediatric cancer therapies has pledged the largest amount ever received to Prisma Health Midlands. Curing Kids Cancer pledged $5 million to help fund new pediatric cancer research being led by Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in partnership...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Hopkins man made his hometown proud. Ladson made it all the way to the AGT finale Wednesday night, after receiving the golden buzzer for his performance in the quarterfinals of his song “Boots Like Mine.”. The buzzer allowed him to skip the semifinals and...

One person was killed Wednesday morning in Richland County when an SUV ran off Interstate 77 and crashed, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol . The single-vehicle collision happened at about 7 a.m., said Master Trooper William Bennett. It was on a stretch of I-77 near Exit 19, which is the junction with...

A brewery in a key Columbia district has closed its doors as the franchise has shuttered all of its locations across a number of states. Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, located at 945 Sabal St. in the BullStreet District, is closed, according to letters posted on its doors when a reporter went by Thursday morning....

COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than three decades separate their disappearances, but two Midlands families are bound by the same heartbreak — waiting for answers about loved ones who have not come home. A Sister Missing for 33 Years. Inside Andy’s Deli in Columbia, three posters still hang on...

Almost every police department in the world is familiar with dogs, but with cats? Not really. However, everything changed when a stray cat decided to sneak into the Columbia Police Department in Columbia, South Carolina. This stray kitty sneaked into this police station looking for some attention and a human...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) is investigating a deadly crash on I-77 in Richland County. Troopers said the crash occurred at 7:11 a.m. Wednesday morning on I-77, about 14 miles north of Columbia. According to Highway Patrol, the crash happened when a 1999 Ford Expedition...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Identical twins Quincey Oneil Jackson and Quinton Oneil Jackson, 41, of Columbia, have been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of illegal drugs. The brothers engaged in a...