Columbia News

A report requested by South Carolina's environmental agency says the state needs to take a tougher stand to keep new beachfront development from moving closer to the ocean.

Teams of South Carolina health providers, community workers and therapists are coming together to offer medical screenings and services to the homeless in Columbia.

State regulators heard a request by utility provider South Carolina ElectricA & Gas Wednesday to make changes toA two new nuclear reactors set for construction inA Jenkinsville.

A 6-year-old India Hampton is recovering tonight after suffering second degree burns during an accident at a city of Columbia parkA Tuesday afternoon.

The Columbia Police Department says two burglary suspects are in custody afterA officers received a phone tip from a concerned neighbor.

A woman and young child leave the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Immunization Clinic on Ontario Street in Vancouver November 3, 2009.

The Navy is graduating 29 chaplains in the first such ceremony since a South Carolina Army post moved a training center from Rhode Island last year.

Richland County wants folks who have a criminal record to be able to get it cleared once they serve their time.

Home burglaries in Columbia are up 32 percent so far this year over last year. From Jan.

The Colorado State Patrol says a South Carolina man held two workers hostage at knifepoint at a port of entry on Tuesday night.

Burglaries have increased 32% in Columbia since this time last year, and now city police are taking a different approach to combating them.

It's official: After several months of vacancy, the old Lourie's building on Columbia's Main Street has been bought by Mast General Store.

The September settlement of a long-running federal court case appeared to finally lay to rest the question of whether thousands of acres along the Congaree River would ever be ripe for development.

A NEW and potentially powerful voice for change is emerging in North Columbia. Area businesses have determined they won't sit back any longer and watch as other areas grow and prosper while their long-neglected community struggles to overcome a sluggish economy, elevated crime rates and various social ills.

Trucking giant Navistar's acquisition of Continental AG's two Richland County truck part plants is a 'win-win situation' for both companies that's likely to save hundreds of jobs, officials said Tuesday.

Home burglaries in Columbia are up 32 percent so far this year over last year. From Jan.

Federal prosecutors are giving a South Carolina poultry plant facing immigration violations two years to get in line with federal practices.

An extra unemployment check is yet again in the mail for some South Carolina residents.

It's now up to South Carolina's highest court to decide if lawmakers can get information on an ethics probe of Gov.

COLUMBIA, S.C. Bug spray that produces a fog to kill insects is likely to blame for the death of a 10-month-old South Carolina boy, and his 2-year-old brother was critically injured by the fumes, authorities said Monday.