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…

Robert Caslen, a retired three-star Army general, was named the next president of the University of South Carolina on Friday despite objection…

USC faculty members, students and alumni believe there's political foul play in the search for a new president. Fearing loss of accreditation, they're pushing the board to cancel the search.

With the University of South Carolina board of trustees expected to vote on a new president of the school, former colleagues are beginning to …

It looks like water bills for City of Columbia customers who live outside city limits could be on the rise thanks to a possible fee hike.

It appears a now-canceled meeting of the University of South Carolina board of trustees — one which could have seen former West Point Superint…

A day before the University of the South Carolina board planned to vote for a new president, a state judge called off the meeting after a trus…

Columbia City Council has given a first approval to a measure formalizing its practice of not asking a prospective employee's criminal history…

A tattoo shop has gotten final approval to open on Columbia’s Main Street.

Democratic Columbia lawmakers are beginning to push back against a reported effort by Gov. Henry McMaster to force a University of South Carol…

If you don’t see a lot of new development walking Five Points proper, just head a few blocks up Devine Street.

In a move unprecedented in recent memory, Gov. Henry McMaster could preside over a University of South Carolina board meeting Friday to force …

A massage parlor that was looking for city permission to set up shop on North Beltline Boulevard canceled that bid on July 9.

As Five Points, long a popular college nightlife district not far from the University of South Carolina and other colleges, continues to under…

Nearly six months after a deadly crisis caused the evacuation of the eight-decade-old Allen Benedict Court housing project on Harden Street, t…

The Free Times’ new office at the corner of Harden and Gervais streets comes with a bit of history.

The state Legislature has given final approval to a bill that would allow first-time offenders the opportunity to have a disorderly conduct ch…

The City of Columbia is buying roughly 200 acres of land off Bluff Road, property that was once a part of the would-be Green Diamond development.

Two months after voting down funding for safety upgrades to a dangerous — and at times deadly — section of Millwood Avenue, a county committee…

Could the City of Columbia return to the once controversial practice of transferring money out of its water and sewer fund and into the general fund?

The City of Columbia has reached a deal with a developer that could lead to apartments and retail at the old Capital City Stadium site on Sout…

Richland County Council has approved a pay raise for attorneys at the Richland County Public Defender’s Office, one that will put them on leve…

It looks like water is going to be more expensive — in multiple ways — for City of Columbia residents during the next year.

Roughly a year and a half after previous service ended, Columbia's COMET bus system has restarted a route that runs from downtown Columbia out…

For six years, Eric Holder was the nation's top law enforcement official, serving as U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama. 

Overdue books? Late DVDs? No problem, says Richland Library — not anymore.

A tattoo shop has set its sights on Main Street’s Arcade Mall.

Richland County Council has hired Leonardo Brown as the new county administrator.

Richland County Council has approved a measure that will remove from county job applications the question of whether someone has a criminal record.