Columbia firefighters say Forest Drive between Pinehurst Road, and St. Julian Place is now back open in both directions following this afternoon’s gas line break.
Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) officials, members of the General Assembly, and other state and local leaders joined Governor Henry McMaster to announced that final funding for an armed, certified, full-time school resource officer (SRO) in every South Carolina public school has been secured.
With thousands of students choosing off-campus housing and apartments, ABC Columbia's Lee Williams spoke with local law enforcement about their ongoing safety needs.
"You're really powerless. It definitely felt powerless to be sitting there, barricaded and you have no idea where your friends are and you have no idea what's going on," says student Tarun Ramkumar.
Miles-Anderson says her life changed instantly when she was shot with an AR-15 in August, 2022. Having been an ER nurse for the last 15 years, she says in that moment she didn't feel fear -- she felt determination.