Columbia SC

COLUMBIA — Nearly 2,400 South Carolina drivers received tickets last week for failing to slow down or move over for emergency vehicles parked on the sides of highways, the Department of Public Safety said Monday. The agency did a five-day ticketing “blitz” Monday through Friday after drivers struck three Highway...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Columbia Police Department is now searching for a missing Columbia woman. Elexus James, 30, was reported missing by a family member and was last seen at 2911 Two Notch Rd. on Sept. 20. James was last seen wearing a brown and black dress with a...

A taste of Greece is headed to a coming food hall near downtown Columbia. Gyromania, which has a restaurant in Elgin, will be one of the food vendors at the in-development Gather COLA food hall at the BullStreet District, according to weekend social media posts from Gather . “From their juicy gyros wrapped in warm...

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Authorities are urgently searching for a 28-year-old man wanted for a shooting last month in Richland County. According to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, Deandre Moye is wanted for attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and being a felon in...

CAMDEN, S.C. (WIS) - A $170k lottery ticket was sold in Camden, officials say. The South Carolina Education Lottery said the Palmetto Cash 5 Jackpot ticket was purchased from a Circle K at 136 E. DeKalb St. The ticket matched all five numbers in Saturday’s drawing. 14-17-20-25-36 Lottery officials...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Saturday, the Cayce community celebrated Ms. Zenobia Glover’s 100th birthday. Her family says she’s the oldest living person in the town. Glover’s family threw a parade so the community could come out to celebrate her together and wish her a happy birthday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Midlands community came together on Sunday to celebrate the life of Angela Fuller at Second Nazareth Baptist Church in Columbia. It was an afternoon of remembrance for Fuller. Fuller’s body was found on September 11 in a wooded area off Shakespeare Road in Richland County...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) announced today that the state has experienced its first confirmed death caused by infection with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus in more than 20 years. This is the first human case of EEE virus to be reported in South Carolina since 2020,...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — The average price of gas in South Carolina fell in the past week, dropping 3.0 cents and diverging from a national trend of rising gas prices. Motorists can expect to see prices falling at about $2.47 per gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy's survey of 3,028 stations in South Carolina.

A 35-year-old prisoner from South Carolina was given 15 additional years for flinging a cup of diarrhea at a guard. Donald Harper Jr. received his sentence on September 15 after pleading guilty to throwing body fluids at a jail officer. According to WRDW, Assistant Solicitor Doug Fender requested the maximum...