Columbia News

Last year's derecho storm was the latest to highlight issues with Pepco reliability and communication.

WACH Fox News met with a researcher at Duke University who is finding a way to use harmful cells to rebuild the lives of millions of traumatic brain injury patients.

The SC Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that involved a motorcycle.

A 2-year-old boy is recovering after Randolph County deputies say he found a handgun inside his home, put it in his mouth, and the weapon fired.

The jobless rate in South Carolina fell to eight percent, the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce said Friday.

Remember the record-setting $587 million PowerballA jackpot from late last year? Time is running out to claim three PowerballA tickets sold for that drawing.

Four people have been arrested after a citizen saw them breaking into a vehicle last week in Northeast Columbia, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

With Memorial Day coming next weekend, shoppers can take advantage of some of the best sales of the season on dresses, shorts and capis and swim separates.

Gildan and Jerzees men's polos are $2.99 at Ollie's Outlet. These 100% cotton pique polos are all first quality and are available in a large assortment of colors and sizes.

Projects borrowed against future meal-tax revenue could cover: From top to bottom, a baseball park on Bull Street, a splash pad at Finlay Park, a whitewater park along the Columbia Canal.

A century and a half before social media and reality television made celebrities out of nobodies, Columbia had its own "it girl" whose notoriety could make the Kardashians, Hiltons and Real Housewives jealous.

S.C. Equality is both an organization and a principle. And we in South Carolina need to get on the right side of history and support both.

Elizabeth Sudduth talked about the Robert B. Ariail Collection of Historical Astronomy, a collection of historic astronomy books, documents and telescopes donated to the South Carolina State Museum and the Thomas Cooper Library .. Read More Elizabeth Sudduth talked about the Robert B. Ariail Collection of Historical Astronomy, a collection of ... (more)

SPAN's Local Content Vehicles made a stop in their "2013 LCV Cities Tour" in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 15-19 to feature the history and literary life of the community.Working with the .. Read More C-SPAN's Local Content Vehicles made a stop in their "2013 LCV Cities Tour" in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 15-19 to feature the history ... (more)

A medical examiner in the trial of a Columbia man charged with killing his wife and his colleague in a sports gambling ring says the gun in one of the victim's hands was likely planted after he died.

A lawyer says a state Court of Appeals ruling clears the way for gamblers to sue for money they lose by playing illegal gambling machines.

It's all about the odds. With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars - and that's after taxes.

Carl Martin, president and CEO of Morehead Memorial Hospital in Eden, announced Friday he would be leaving the hospital for another health system at the end of June.

SC Department of Revenue investigators today arrested Hopkins resident Michelle Roach on four counts of charges related to tax evasion.

Johnny Lillian Phillips Jr. 68, of 2451 Forest Drive Columbia, SC died May 11, 2013 at his home.