The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says deputies arrested a man accused of breaking in and stealing hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes from two Dollar General stores.
Newberry County is reeling in some new jobs.
Columbia City Council voted to extend the city’s mask mandate this afternoon.
The Columbia Police Department is asking for your help identifying a woman accused of crashing a car into an occupied home yesterday.
There will not be any New Year’s Eve festivities in downtown Columbia this year. According to a public relations firm representing the city, this year’s Famously Hot New Year is opting to be famously safe and forgoing the annual celebration.
Dylann Roof wants an entire appellate court to reconsider a decision to recuse itself from hearing his case, as the appeal of his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation winds its way through the judicial system.
New data released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control this morning shows the majority of severe COVID-19 cases in South Carolina are still among the unvaccinated. DHEC also released a statement saying it does not issue vaccine exemptions of any kind for adults.
Columbia mayoral candidate Daniel Rickenmann held a press conference in Five Points this morning. He discussed the latest FBI crime report, and introduced his five point plan for public safety in the city.
DHEC reports 1,248 new COVID-19 cases and 27 virus related deaths in South Carolina.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants lawmakers to set aside $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief money and surplus money to pay for the first segment of a long-desired interstate link between Interstate 95 and Myrtle Beach.
