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The interstate will be closed for nine days, and SCDOT has laid out detour routes.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Campus and Columbia police are searching for a suspect accused of opening fire near the University of South Carolina early Sunday morning. According to an alert put out by the university's Carolina Alert system, around 1 a.m., several people were involved in a fight at Park Place Columbia, a campus-affiliated residential complex near the corner of Huger and Blossom streets.

CAYCE, S.C. — Cayce Police are on the scene of a shooting that sent one person to the hospital on Sunday afternoon. Preliminary details released by the city suggest the incident happened in the northeastern region of Cayce though a specific address was not yet available as the investigation continues.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – One woman is happy and relieved after dropping an engagement ring down a drainage. According to the Columbia Police Department, Master Police Officer Maddox saved the day by recovering a young lady’s engagement ring that fell down a drainage area. Needless to say, everyone was relieved that the diamond was placed back on the woman’s ring finger.

FOREST ACRES, S.C. — Authorities in Forest Acres have detained three people in an armed burglary investigation at an apartment complex. Initially, Forest Acres Police said that two suspects were already in custody following the armed burglary which happened at Ravenwood Hills Apartments off Bethel Church Road. However, the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The 41st Annual Saint. Patrick’s Day Festival celebrations kicked off early this morning in downtown Five Points. Many participated in the green 5-k, 10-k family fun run, a parade, and live music entertainment with 20 bands on four stages. Organizers say the event brings more than just a party for the community.

The teenager was tracked down in another county and arrested on multiple charges, the sheriff’s office said.

The USC women beat South Florida 76-45 Sunday to advance to the Sweet 16. Dan Fanning reports from Columbia.

“After the game, we were like, ‘Guys, that was just our last game at CLA as a group.’ ”

St. Pat's in Five Points began its fifth decade Saturday with a wildly successful festival. The 41st annual edition of the Southeast’s largest one-day St. Patrick’s Day event went from dawn until dusk, starting with the Get to the Green 5K, 10K and 1-Mile Family Fun Run at 7:30 a.m. and continuing until the last of the live music performances ended at after 7 p.m.

Drivers who use South Main Street to travel through downtown Columbia may want to allow extra time or find alternate routes starting Sunday evening. The South Carolina Department of Transportation will start its "South Main Street Streetscape Project" Sunday evening, March 19. The project will shift traffic to two lanes...

In addition to winning national titles, South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley is known for, among other things, her unique sense of sideline style. Staley is not afraid to show off bold looks and make statements with her game outfits. For instance, last year, she paid tribute to ...

A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and set "due west". This occurs twice each year, around 20 March and 23 September.

With Scout Motors moving into Blythewood, many have hearkened back to the impact BMW made on Greer 30 years ago. Can the Midlands learn from the Upstate’s experience and look forward to a similar impact?

COLUMBIA — South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley wasn't sporting garnet and black on the sideline of the Gamecocks' second round March Madness game against South Florida on Sunday. Instead, she donned a white and blue No. 44 Cheyney University jersey. Cheyney, the nation's oldest HBCU, is located roughly 30 miles from Staley's hometown of Philadelphia. Its women's basketball team became the first — and only — HBCU to reach the Final Four of the...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Erin Walker gave a behind-the-scenes look at how our meteorologists do weather every day here at the WLTX studio. The view you are used to seeing at home is our meteorologists in front of the weather wall showing a map. What the meteorologists see is entirely different.

(Columbia, SC) -- The top-ranked women's basketball team from South Carolina is moving on to the Sweet 16. The Gamecocks defeated South Florida 76-to-45 in the second round yesterday. Up next for USC is a match-up against either UCLA or Oklahoma. The team has reeled off 40-wins in a row...

South Carolina is five wins away from becoming the 10th NCAA D-I women's basketball team to go undefeated. We're tracking the Gamecocks' quest to win back-to-back titles.

A sea of green infiltrated the streets of Five Points on Saturday, as it hosted its 41st St. Pat's event. Starting at 7 a.m., live music and festivities brought in crowds of people from Columbia and all across the state. There were four stages spread across Five Points featuring live...

Dawn Staley has been tremendously successful as both a basketball player and a Team USA, NCAA coach. But her influence extends far beyond the court.