Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook stated, “I am frustrated and disappointed that this celebrated Juneteenth community event was disrupted by several groups of young people engaged in fights and disruptive behavior. This is not who we are as a community, and we must all share in the responsibility of ensuring that something like this never happens again.”
According to the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization, Lindsay Jones, Miss Charleston, has been crowned as the new Miss South Carolina.
According to the Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization, Logan Wells, Miss Palmetto’s Teen, was crowned Miss South Carolina’s Teen 2026 on Friday evening at the Township Auditorium in Columbia.
In a social media post Friday evening, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette says she will choose her running mate and choice for Lt. Gov. from nine people, should she secure the nomination on Tuesday.
Miller described her friend as “always smiling,” adding, “To know her was to love her. Again, I go back to she was bubbly, she was smiley, she was happy, she went from this young little girl at 18 to the woman she became today — in fitness and health and wellness — and she really created a place for herself in this world.”
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) — A body matching the description of missing 39-year-old Elena Katherine Moore was found Wednesday afternoon, according to the Lexington Police Department. The Lexington County Coroner has yet to identify the body, or perform an autopsy to determine cause of death. Chief Terrence Green updated the Town of Lexington community on new developments related to the case…
With early voting not available on federal holidays, Friday’s Juneteenth limits early voting for Tuesday’s primary runoffs to Wednesday and Thursday.
A new summer camp is helping kids answer the question — “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Its organizer hopes their answer lies somewhere within the medical field.
Deputies with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department say they are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at the 100 block of John Ammons Road in Eastover Tuesday afternoon.
By MUNIR AHMED, JULIA FRANKEL, ABBY SEWELL and WILL WEISSERT Updated 6:03 PM EDT, June 14, 2026 ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began. Full details of the deal were not immediately available. The signing will be Friday in Switzerland….
