The estimated jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has swelled to a record $600 million for the popular lottery game, but one official estimated today that if it goes unclaimed the prize would zoom to nearly $1 billion.
Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County has agreed to pay $150,000 to the estates of a couple killed in a 2008 train collision.
(WOLO)Columbia, SC-Richland County Sheriff Deputies have arrested Jessica Lynn Hunt (DOB10/26/76) and they're requesting the community’s assistance in locating Dameion Rhyhelee Rembert (02/01/82); both for burglary and grand larceny.
Richland County Deputies hope to deter home break-ins by conducting home security checks, free of charge.
Brett Parker, the Midlands man accused of double murder, was present in court Friday after having been rushed by EMS to the hospital Thursday for an apparent anxiety attack.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About 1,500 members of the South Carolina Army National Guard are taking part in five days of training involving potential responses to a natural disaster.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Rep. Ted Vick told an officer arresting him for driving under the influence that he was not intoxicated and couldn't believe he was being put in handcuffs in the Statehouse garage.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Senators want to sell South Carolina's two taxpayer-funded planes.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State troopers say a driver heading the wrong way on Interstate 26 northwest of Columbia has caused a wreck that killed two people.
If you're looking forward to spending hot summer days by the pool, this may change your mind.
UNION, S.C. (AP) _ Investigators say a man stabbed to death last weekend in Union County was killed by a group of people looking for a fight and wasn't the intended target of the attack.
(WOLO) Columbia, SC-A woman who authorities say killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband crashed her pickup into a tree so hard the roots came out of the ground.
Thursday the South Carolina Department of Public Safety released dash cam video of Democratic Representative Ted Vick's DUI arrest.
The scandalous Brett Parker double murder trial leads to the defendant being rushed out of court for a suspected anxiety attack. The man on trial, accused of killing his wife and business partner, had to be taken out of the courtroom and to the hospital this afternoon.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The elections director in Orangeburg has been selected to take over elections in Richland County.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two utility crewmen are recovering from injuries after their truck plunged four stories from the Ravenel Bridge linking Charleston and Mount Pleasant.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican senators from South Carolina and Georgia want the Obama administration to keep funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.
SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys from across South Carolina are holding a meeting on Sullivans Island.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Lt. Gov. Glenn McConnell, the state's future leaders and the Honda Motor Co. are targeting hunger among the state's senior citizens.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate is almost certain to stretch into a second week.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House panel wants to use the sales tax people in South Carolina pay for Internet purchases to help fix the state's roads and bridges.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction and seven-year prison sentence for a former Clemson student in the death of his girlfriend's 16-month-old daughter.
Richland County has found a new director to lead its Elections and Voter Registration Office.
Police are currently responding to reports of a shooting just outside a Columbia restaurant.
