Columbia SC

CAYCE, S.C. (WIS) -A $615,000 beautification project is set to begin in the coming weeks along Airport Boulevard, a key gateway for travelers entering and leaving the Columbia area via Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The project, which includes the installation of 4,000 new plants and 40,000 square feet of grass,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Seven Midlands women will be honored during the Girl Scouts of South Carolina’s annual Women of Distinction event on Thursday night, the organization says. They will be honored for their “courage, confidence, and character,” according to a release. “The uplifting evening is a...

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is seeking a suspect following an August shooting. At around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16, “deputies were flagged down by multiple individuals in reference to an individual that was just shot” in the area of Beaty Road and Kay Street, locating an adult victim who had suffered a gunshot...

One person was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a fire tore through a home on Sweet Thorne Road, just off Kennerly Road, according to the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. Crews from Columbia Fire’s 1st Shift, along with the Irmo Fire District, responded around 11:10 a.m. Authorities say firefighters...

Family of best buy shooting victims aim to ‘keep their memory alive’. The Georgia Department of Public Health says it is still waiting for federal guidance before moving forward.

(WSPA) – More than 2,000 people were ticketed in a five-day period for violating South Carolina’s Move Over Law, according to law enforcement officials. On Monday the South Carolina Department of Public Safety released statistics from the state’s Operation Keep Us Safe initiative. The operation was launched by the...

Have you ever been sitting in standstill traffic on the interstate and noticed a motorcycle going in and out of lanes to get ahead? It may appear quick and convenient when a motorcycle weaves through stopped or slow-moving traffic, but in South Carolina, that move is not just risky, it’s illegal. South Carolina law...

School administrators tend to have their hands full thanks to mischievous students who can dream up plenty of ways to stir up some trouble. However, a teaching assistant at a high school in South Carolina was allegedly the perpetrator in a string of incidents involving a “poop spray” that led to the district racking...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Does the Palmetto State have the best barbecue in the south? That opinion is better left up to you; however, a popular magazine has listed nearly a dozen barbecue restaurants in South Carolina among the best of the best. Southern Living released its list of the Top 50 Barbecue Restaurants in...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) is offering free and confidential HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing in observance of PrEP Awareness Week, which runs from September...