Columbia News

Columbia, SC is a city known for lots and lots of chain restaurants. When you're looking for a cheap, inexpensive place to eat you don't have many options outside of the usual fast food restaurant chains.

A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and illegally using a Social Security number in a mortgage fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins announced Thursday.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina lawmakers say they'll formally consider the possible impeachment of Gov.

Three more major tenants have closed on land and are ready to begin construction at the South Carolina State Farmers Market in Lexington County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Three South Carolina men accused of bilking people out of more than $80 million lied about how they would invest their money, so it doesn't matter if investors knew it was risky, prosecutors said Thursday.

South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal has paid a fine of more than $80 after getting a speeding ticket.

Columbia does not have to pay a group of designers, architects and builders up to $4 million for a city-funded hotel that was never built, a judge ruled Wednesday.

By Jeffrey Collins Columbia, South Carolina - Authorities say an obese South Carolina man stayed in his recliner without moving for eight months until shortly before his death.

The Dorn VA Medical Center is opening a new outpatient clinic for veterans in South Carolina's Upstate.

Columbia City Council members approved Wednesday an upgrade to the Columbia Tennis Center, using money left over from a 2004 hospitality tax bond issue.

Towering pines, nature trails, and a lake beautify Sesquicentennial State Park , located in the heart of Columbia , the state capital of South Carolina .

The SC Department of Consumer Affairs is hosting Shred Days and food drives in Columbia and Irmo on Nov.

The cities of Columbia and West Columbia have landed a $1 million federal grant to study pollution problems at some of the area's prime development sites.

Columbia police are searching for a suspect they say carjacked a woman at a gas station along Garners Ferry Road.

A top South Carolina lawmaker says the embattled governor should not face impeachment simply because he left to see his Argentine lover over the summer.

South Carolina health officials say bacteria levels have returned to normal following a sewage spill sparked by the rains from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida.

South Carolina education officials are recognizing 19 groups and people who volunteer in public schools.

The trial of a South Carolina woman charged with killing three children in her home day care is under way.

Richland County officials have rejected - for now - a city-led proposal for two special tax districts that detractors say would tie up the public's money at the worst possible time.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - About half of Southern Democrats responding to a poll say they were opposed or outraged by South Carolina Rep.