Richland County News

Andrea Person took the witness stand Thursday and told the jury that Richland County sheriff's deputies bullied her into falsely confessing she killed 1-year-old Zachary Ulengchong at her day-care center.

Richland County deputies are investigating the death of a person who was found shot to death on Highway 601 near the Congaree River.

Multiple people are in custody in connection with the murder of a person found shot to death near the Congaree River Tuesday night.

Richland County officials have rejected - for now - a city-led proposal for two special tax districts that detractors say would tie up the public's money at the worst possible time.

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The Richland County Sheriff's Department says a Florida murder suspect may be on his way to Columbia.

According to officials with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, agents arrested a 28-year-old Columbia man in connection with a robbery at an Aiken Burger King and charged him with 18 counts of kidnapping.

A 20-year-old Richland County man has been arrested on charges that he had sex with a 12-year-old girl, authorities say.

Three people are in custody after deputies say they robbed the Check into Cash located at 6908 Two Notch Road at about 12:30 pm.

The Richland County Public Health Department is offering the swine flu mist vaccine for eligible people the next two Fridays.

Richland County deputies areA looking intoA a Wednesay night stabbing. Investigators say two men got inA a fight that around 10:45 pmA Wednesday at a mobile home lot at 8565 Old Percival Road.A Sheriff's department spokesman Lt.

State law enforcement agents Tuesday arrested a fourth suspect in a weekend Aiken armed robbery that resulted in one of the suspects taking his own life.

Richland County deputies are searching for a man they say robbed an adult video store, then assaulted an employee.

Richland County deputies are investigating a shooting which took place outside a club in Northeast Richland County.

Richland County won't provide an alternate site for produce vendors who say they can't afford to relocate to the new State Farmers Market this spring.

A CrimeStoppers tip led to the arrest Wednesday of a man in connection with a robbery and stabbing of a store clerk in Columbia last month.

Get all the final results from Tuesday's contested races in municipalities in Lexington and Richland counties, including Batesburg-Leesville's mayoral race and Irmo's vote on allowing Sunday sale of beer and wine by the package.

Trucking giant Navistar's acquisition of Continental AG's two Richland County truck part plants is a 'win-win situation' for both companies that's likely to save hundreds of jobs, officials said Tuesday.

SLED, Fairfield County Sheriff's Office and Winnsboro Department of Public Safety located and arrested Bun Mann III, a man wanted on a variety of charges including sexual assault, assault and battery, and kidnapping in Fairfield and Richland Counties.

It's a mostly quiet year for politics in the state of South Carolina, but Irmo politicians want voters to decide on Nov.