Richland County News

The S.C. Retirement System must pay back about $40 million in retirement contributions it improperly took from the paychecks of state employees who participated in a program that lets them continue working after retirement, a state judge ruled this week.

Newberry County authorities on Wednesday started to arrest 42 men and women wanted on charges after a yearlong drug investigation, a Newberry County Sheriff's Office news release said.

Starting Wednesday, it will be a little cheaper to dine out in Richland County restaurants.

A 21-year-old Fairfield County man was shot to death outside a club in the vicinty of 700 Blanding St.

Richland County is offering free self defense classes for women. Heidi Scott teaches women basic defensive techniques, like poking someone in the eye or using their high heels as a weapon.

Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 5:50 p.m. There's been a fatal collision of two commuter transit trains in the nation's capital.

Richland County deputies say they've taken into custody a man wanted for assaulting a man and stole his phone and keys.

Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol have responded to a fatal accident in the 11000 block of Garners Ferry Road in Richland County.

Richland County deputies continue to look for a robbery suspect. Deputies say the suspect went into a Quick Stop on the 8800 block of Wilson Boulevard at around 10pm Saturday and after taking the cash, he fired his gun inside the store.

The body of a Richland County man has been recovered from a pond after he went missing while fishing.

An accident on the Richland/Kershaw County line has killed a man according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:05 a.m. A Midlands father is in jail after being accused of kicking his child in the head and stomach.

A former South Carolina election official has apologized for his Internet posting that compared a gorilla to an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.

Richland County deputies say they have found the body of a fisherman who'd earlier been reported missing.

An off-duty probation agent was robbed at gunpoint of her credentials and state issued 40 caliber handgun.

GOP activist Rusty DePass is in hot water over comments about First Lady Michelle Obama.

Richland County sheriff's deputies say a woman accused of tying up an elderly couple, robbing them, and stealing their car has finally been caught.

A former chairman of the South Carolina Election Commission has apologized after his posting on Facebook suggested a gorilla that escaped form a Columbia zoo was an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.

Richland County deputies are investigating an early morning shooting at a motel.

For the second time in six months, Talisha Lavette Smith walked out of a Richland County courtroom after facing a possible felony sentence of up to 20 years in prison.