Category Archives: Local News

Drivers taking I-185 NB for their commute home may want to take an alternate route. There has been an accident just past the Macon Rd. exit.

A grandmother from South Carolina has been outside of Richards Middle School yelling, “stop the bullying” in hopes to bring awareness to an incident regarding her grandson.  

U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) toured the construction site of the I-85 bridge repair Tuesday.

WECT News has obtained dashcam video of the Dec. 9, 2016, officer-involved shooting that resulted in Officer Jacob Schwenk of the Leland Police Department nearly losing his life in the line of duty.

Mayor Teresa Tomlinson has been approached to run for three statewide offices including Governor, Secretary of State, and State Attorney General. ?

Easter Sunday is only days away, and many take the entire weekend to celebrate the holiday.

A national animal charity is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing a dog and setting it on fire in Awendaw.

A growing crack in the ice shelf will produce an iceberg of about 3,107 square miles, or more than 5,000 square kilometers.

Only the artist knows why he or she painted it, but it probably has to do with frustration. A spray-painted note also was left, saying, "What are taxes for?"

A three-week-old "gangland-style" murder outside a Two Notch Road nightclub netted five arrests, nine weapons, $60,000 in cash, and 12 pounds of marijuana following a coast-to-coast investigation, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.