Chapin Irmo Lake Murray Watch

• South Carolina hosted its first statewide school safety symposium, bringing together hundreds of educators, law enforcement, and safety...

A rabid raccoon was confirmed near Bristlecone Road and Frick Court in Chapin, with one person exposed and referred to a healthcare provider.

• What...

• Expanded lab testing identified cychlorphine after standard blood screens returned negative despite overdose signs in a Columbia apartment death.
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At lakes like Mead and Powell, falling levels have left boat ramps far above the shoreline—sometimes with deep water still visible offshore—because...

Drivers in Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, and Clarendon counties will encounter extra law enforcement through Saturday as SCDPS deploys ACE teams to curb...

Victim identified: Hillary Rish, 35, of Leesville, died at the scene after her westbound 2021 Dodge Durango collided head-on with an eastbound 2016...

When approaching stopped emergency vehicles with flashing lights, South Carolina drivers must slow down and change lanes if safe to protect first...

Lexington Health is adding emergency departments to match rapid population growth in White Knoll and northeast Columbia.

• A new 24-room freestanding...

A single-vehicle crash killed the driver early Sunday when a 2007 Chevy Tahoe veered off US 321 near Woodcote Drive, down an embankment, and flipped. The SC Highway Patrol investigation continues with limited details released on the cause.

Driver killed in single-vehicle crash on U.S. 321 in Gaston area around 2:50 a.m. The northbound SUV ran off the road near Woodcote Drive, overturned...

Nine people lost their home Thursday morning when fire tore through a house in the 5900 block of Augusta Highway.

• Sudden displacement: Residents...

Lexington County coroner Margaret Fisher ruled Elena Moore died of natural causes from heart rhythm complications, with no trauma found. Details of...

Washboard conditions on Liberty Hill Road continue damaging vehicles and creating head-on collision risks decades after pavement promises.

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Lexington police arrested 20-year-old Malachi Haynes as the third suspect in the August 29 Cross Keys Road homicide.

• Victim: 26-year-old Kevin...

Volunteers pulled 6,139 pounds of litter from Lake Murray and nearby waterways in one day, even as participants noted a clear drop from prior years....

Lexington County coroner will reveal the cause and manner of Elena Moore’s death at a 1 p.m. press conference today. Moore, 39, was last seen at a...

Recordkeeping failures let a repeat burglar receive probation instead of prison time, contributing to the May 2025 Columbia murder of 22-year-old...

Nine people lost their home after an early-morning Lexington County house fire that damaged about 25% of the structure, with crews responding around...

A Columbia man received an 8-year state sentence running concurrently with his 9-year federal term for firing at a neighbor while yelling racial slurs...

A 9-year-old presented a knife at Annie Burnside Elementary Tuesday morning with intent to harm other children, resulting in one child being cut. The...