If there were any questions as to whether Democratic attorney Rhodes Bailey was serious about his challenge for the state House District 75 se…

“Monuments are not history.”

When City of Columbia voters go the polls in next month's municipal election, they will be among the first in South Carolina to use the state'…

A pivotal moment is approaching for City of Columbia government.

Segra Park, the home of the Class A Columbia Fireflies, has been recognized as one of the top baseball stadiums built in the last 10 years.

A new event space that can serve up to 1,000 guests will be opening in the Vista in the spot once occupied by Jillian's.

The yearslong saga between the Town of Lexington and Blue Granite Water (formerly Carolina Water Service) connected to discharges into the Sal…

Get ready for a little light reading.

“We have too many damn guns on the street.”

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, winning primaries in 23 states and establ…

Democratic Richland County Councilman Jim Manning says he will not seek re-election in 2020.

It seems the City of Columbia's business and political scene has lost one of its more colorful members.

It appears a second Democrat will likely seek the District 75 state House of Representatives seat currently held by Republican Rep. Kirkman Finlay.

Despite pushback from a number of citizens, the City of Columbia's zoning board on Sept. 10 gave a key approval to a project that would see a …

The 2020 state Legislature elections are still more than a year away, but a Democratic challenger for the District 75 seat in the South Caroli…

The slate is set.

As she stood in line on Sept. 4, waiting to pick up a box of fresh produce and other foods from the FoodShare South Carolina facility on Harde…

Could the days of a flag festooned with corn and cotton flying above Columbia City Hall truly, finally be numbered?

Two hopefuls have filed to take on incumbent District 2 Columbia City Councilman Ed McDowell in November's municipal election.

A fourth person has entered the race for an at-large seat on Columbia City Council.

Organizations are coming together to offer a pop-up produce market next week following the closure of the Save-A-Lot grocery store on Harden S…

Some tragedies simply hit closer to home.

Several neighborhoods on Main Street north of Elmwood Avenue are asking the City of Columbia and the state's Department of Transportation to c…

It won’t just be about electing a mayor and two council members when Irmo voters go to the polls in November.

Filing for November's City of Columbia municipal election has opened, and incumbent at-large City Councilman Howard Duvall has drawn a challenger.

It’s just after noon on a sweltering August day, and business is brisk at the Tasty Truck parked beside the CK Mart on North Main Street, acro…

“Hey, this is Pete.”

Though the City of Columbia municipal election is still more than two months away, residents packed a church fellowship hall on Aug. 13 for th…

Instead of painting the town red, Columbia residents and business owners are going for the whole rainbow.

Police say they're ramping up efforts following a spate of recent gun crimes — including a weekend incident in which a 17-year-old girl was hi…

The City of Columbia has passed a law that it will not ask for job seekers’ criminal history on initial employment applications, and it will e…

Sixth District Congressman James Clyburn said Aug. 6 that South Carolina should be proud of its role in Civil Rights history, and that both a …

The Vista Guild, the nonprofit business association that promotes Columbia's Congaree Vista area, is the second such prominent neighborhood or…

Richland County Council is giving the team of private companies that has been running the county’s at-times controversial transportation penny…

A plan that would redevelop the old Capital City Stadium site on Assembly Street is among the projects that will seek to take advantage of a s…

A Richland County Council member is asking for the full release of an audit of the county's transportation penny tax program, portions of whic…

Mi Casita, a Decker Boulevard club that has long drawn the ire of Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, is shutting down.

A Richland County councilman has appealed to the state Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney in South Carolina to investigate criminal corrup…

It’s been more than two years since the death of longtime Democratic state Rep. Joe Neal, the Lower Richland legislator who was known for cham…

In a move that could spark a new wave of major development in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia and Richland County governments have agreed t…

Pat Gold hears the gunshots in North Columbia. She wishes they didn't ring out quite so often.

For the second consecutive year, a study has ranked Columbia as one of the top cities in the nation to which millennials are moving.

A lawsuit seeking to cancel a $1 million payout to an ousted Richland County administrator has led to the discovery of text messages showing t…

Columbia City Council has given an initial approval on a measure that could make way for the construction of a new hotel over top of the parki…

A pair of challengers seeking to unseat District 3 Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah continue to raise more campaign cash than the two-te…