admin Columbia Chamber President Carl Blackstone is stepping down. What to know
Carl Blackstone, president and CEO of the Columbia Chamber business advocacy group, is resigning after 12 years. The chamber board…
Feds indict ex-Rock Hill teacher on charges of distributing child sex videos
Douglas Melvin MacAlpine, a teacher and coach in the Rock Hill school district before a 2025 arrest on South Carolina…
‘He died a hero’: Georgia man who drowned saving girl in Myrtle Beach remembered
Teacher and coach Derrick Moore went into the ocean in Myrtle Beach, SC, to help a struggling girl caught in…
Feds indict ex-Rock Hill teacher on charges of distributing child sex videos
Douglas Melvin MacAlpine, a teacher and coach in the Rock Hill school district before a 2025 arrest on South Carolina…
Fort Bragg sends 200 soldiers to ‘unprecedented wildfires’ in Pacific Northwest
200 soldiers from Fort Bragg deployed to Pacific Northwest to help battle “unprecedented wildfires,” the U.S. Army says. The region…
Three systems are roaming the Atlantic. One could become the next named storm
The National Hurricane Season is watching three Atlantic disturbances; the leading system could develop by midweek but models suggest it…
SC General Assembly returns Tuesday to vote on budget. Here’s what’s on the line
South Carolina’s General Assembly reconvenes Aug. 11 to vote on a $15.7B budget with teacher raises, senior tax relief, Medicaid…
Kingpin Medicare fraudster to plead guilty to crimes after getting deported to SC
A major South Carolina fraudster who hid in the Philippines before being deported to South Carolina pleaded guilty criminal conspiracy…
Many Columbia area voting locations change for SC Senate special election. Here’s where
The election to replace the late Lindsey Graham on the November ballot clashes with the beginning of many school years,…
At least 71 dead after powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Colombia
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia, killing at least 71 people, including 40 in Risaralda, and causing widespread damage.