Crazy Weather Hits Midlands

The weather is changing by the second. What started out as a windy day turned out to be pretty messy. Read More »

Election Debacle May Cost High Ranking Official Her Job

The Election Commission met Thursday night to discuss who has the authority to fire the executive director, among other issues looming over the election day debacle. Read More »

SCE&G Proposes Another Rate Hike

Start saving now. If SCE&G gets their way you could end up spending more money to heat and cool your home by the beginning of next year. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Poor Taylor, He Gets No Respect

He could be thought of as the historical Rodney Dangerfield of Columbia. You pass him every day. You ride on him every day (sort of). Read More »

Hidden Columbia: An Awkward Discussion

We never read about it in history books. It takes away the black and white of history and puts us firmly in a shade of gray. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Man Turns Down NFL Draft For Other Dream

A man walked away from nearly $3 million. He is now a crossing guard and in-school suspension officer at a local elementary school. He's perfectly content because he's on his way to becoming the strongest man on Planet Earth. Meet him in this edition of Hidden Columbia. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: So This Was the Midlands in the Year 1200?

They are serious. They are jokers. They are living today, but they are living FOR the Middle Ages... Read More »

Hidden Columbia: The Return of the Downtown Marquee Theater

It was the symbol of grandeur in the 1930's: the marquee theaters. Columbia was no exception, but the downtown theater hit hard times in the 1970s and 1980s, degenerating into soft-core pornography and exploitation films. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Yes, THAT Poinsett

Rumors float around the town of Stateburg: the one about it almost being the capital of the state -- not true. The one about the man named Poinsett? True. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Counting down S.C.'s Dumbest Laws

You've heard the rumors. Which ones are true? Which ones are new to you? Hidden Columbia counts down the state's dumbest laws. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: The Un-luck of the Irish

In this edition of Hidden Columbia, we explore the immigration of the Irish into Columbia a generation before the Great Potato Famine. The story involves slavery, a canal, and neighborhood called 'New Dublin.' Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Who Carved That At My House?

A man in the Earlewood neighborhood of downtown Columbia has a big rock in his front yard, and while the rock itself may not be of particular interest, what is carved on that rock sure is. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Rails to Trails

For 20 years, it's been in the works, but who was really listening? Now, its time may have come. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: A 40-Year Search

Frances Parker had searched for 40 years. She finally found her great-grandmother, but where she found her set off a new journey. That journey is the latest Hidden Columbia. Read More »

Hidden Columbia: Secrets Under the Statehouse

They have long been rumored, but do they really exist? Was there an underground escape route from the Statehouse to the Congaree River? Was there a labyrinth that hid Confederate gold? Are there really secret tunnels underneath the Statehouse? Read More »

Hidden Columbia