Columbia News

Heathcliffe the koala poses for the camera in his enclosure at the Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens in Columbia, S.C. PHIL RABY/Special to QMI Agency Clipped to a steel cable and suspended 12 metres above the ground, I was about to find out why South Carolina's award-winning zoo is called Riverbanks.

When it was announced that Pope John Paul II would be coming to Columbia, South Carolina, in September, 1987, 10-year-old Jennie Elizabeth Clark was as anxious as anyone to see the Holy Father, never foreseeing a handshake or a personal blessing.

Those looking for clothes, shoes and purses will want to stop by a yard sale at 108 Quail Field Rd .

Lexington County Sheriff's Department deputies on Thursday, April 17 said they arrested the two men after deputies saw them performing "illicit sexual acts' at a public boat landing on the Saluda River at 9 Radio Lane near Irmo.

Officials with the VA Medical Center in downtown Charleston say a North Charleston man who was initially federally charged with a $525 fine for an $.89 drink refill will instead be given a warning.

A child playing with a cigarette lighter caused a Friday morning house fire in Columbia, according to the Columbia Fire Department.

Moke McGowan announced plans Thursday to retire in September from his post as president of the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau, a job he's held for 10 years.

The proposal from Rep. Harold Mitchell would have allowed deadly force in those scenarios.

West Columbia, SC West Columbia police have arrested a man who broke into a woman's home and attempted to sexually assault her.

With temperatures expected to drop into the mid 30's Wednesday night, certain crops may be at risk, especially strawberries.

University of South Carolina police are investigating after someone spray-painted the field of Williams-Brice Stadium with a Clemson Tiger logo.

And for good reason, since I was such a student, years before Menkoi, Columbia's first and only authentic ramen house, opened downtown.

Starting May 1, the District of Columbia will begin issuing new driver licenses -- called the REAL ID credential -- that comply with exacting federal security standards.

When Aaron Graves began to experience a bad string of migraines about two months ago, he didn't think too much of it.

It's a trail in our state that will stretch from the mountains to the coast and Columbia is right in the heart of it.

Columbia, SC - After months of waiting for answers from the top on trouble at the Department of Social Services, a senate subcommittee looking into the agency heard testimony on Wednesday from Director Lillian Koller.

A Haunted House 2 A Haunted House was to ghosts what Scary Movie was to slashers.

Join Dr. Chester DePratter and his team from the South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology for a tour of the Camp Asylum archaeological dig site on the Bull Street campus.

The school's 59th annual art auction is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the McMaster Gallery on the corner of Senate and Pickens Streets in Columbia.

April 16, 1862 marked the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the South.