Columbia warms to 80 Thursday before a cooler, cloudier weekend. Dry, cool weather is expected to persist into early next week.

South Carolina plans to seek jamming for all 21 prisons the moment federal regulators vote Nov. 19.

Mayor Daniel Rickenmann and Cocky joined Burton-Pack Elementary students as 400 books stocked three new Little Libraries.

A Richland County judge suspended a 10-year term, citing both accountability and mercy. Charlton Ard's son asked that she keep up her safety work.

Columbia’s sunny stretch builds toward an 81-degree Friday before a mostly dry Halloween Saturday and a chance of showers Sunday.

Noah Wheeler, 21, died after a dispute between two groups turned violent outside the Gable club late Saturday night.

Hunter Helms allegedly fled before deputies arrived, but tips about his whereabouts led deputies to his car in Hartsville.

Orangeburg County deputies say the girl had no school records past kindergarten and had been out of class for years.

Áróra glides over Icelandic landscapes to explain aurora science and myth, running at the South Carolina State Museum through February.

A 6-year-old told deputies he brought a kitchen knife to North Springs Elementary for protection; a 13-year-old was caught with one at Dutch Fork Middle.

A felony conviction barred him from possessing a gun, police say, after his pistol fired inside the Forest Drive restaurant.

A weaned deer mouse died without food at a USC lab, part of a pattern watchdogs say stretches back to 2023.

The band's longtime driver died when their motor coach hit a disabled truck on I-20 near Columbia. Three more tour dates now hang in the balance.