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Orangeburg County Animal Shelter seeks homes for 23 dogs displaced by Tropical Storm Debby
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Orangeburg County Animal Shelter and Pawmetto Lifeline, a nonprofit animal rescue organization in Columbia, are asking the public to help find homes for 23 large breed dogs. The dogs, while originally in the care of Orangeburg County, were moved to Pawmetto Lifeline after the county...
Georgia family looking forward to Florida vacation find bedbugs all over rental. They're now fighting for a full refund.
ATLANTA — A local family ran into a nasty surprise while on vacation. And when they struggled to get their money back, they turned to the 11Alive Help Desk and Help Desk Veteran Bill Liss for assistance. The Boyd family was looking forward to their vacation in a condo...
Gower Power: Alert Terminated at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Vogtle Units 1 and 2
An Alert was declared at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Vogtle Units 1&2 Tuesday, Aug. 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET due to a transformer fire that has since been extinguished. Plant conditions DID NOT threaten public safety. Public Information. The alert at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating...
Snake-wrangling teacher in the Midlands
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An unwanted guest slithered into a South Carolina high school leaving one brave teacher to wrangle the reptile. An Agriculture Education Instructor from Andrew Jackson High School, Mr. Young, caught the non-venomous snake in his class on Monday. The school posted photos of the capture on their social media pages. […]
Dawn Staley describes meeting Tom Brady at Paris Olymipcs
Like many others, Dawn Staley was active around the 2024 Paris Olympics. One particular moment that drew the South Carolina women’s basketball coach’s attention was when she was around NFL great Tom Brady. Staley described being around Brady on Wednesday during the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network....
Finally starting, South Carolina baseball alum Jonah Bride is having a whale of a 2nd half of the season
South Carolina baseball alum Jonah Bride has had a whale of a month. Bad puns aside, the Oklahoma native is getting just the second opportunity of his career to play consistently (the other coming at the end of a horrendously bad Oakland Athletics 2022 campaign in which winning was not a priority). The Owasso Walloper has made the most of his chance.
WECO River District Set to Catalyze Prosperity
The pulse of economic growth in West Columbia continues to beat and the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce will celebrate this pulse with a Ribbon Cutting Grand Opening and Block Party at 310 and 324 State St., on Aug. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the WECO River District. The Cayce-West...
Joyce Edwards named USA Today's Girls Basketball Player and Athlete of the Year
Forward Joyce Edwards will soon embark on her women’s college basketball career at the defending national champion University of South Carolina. Her “award tour” following a third state championship season at Camden High School continued on Monday when USA Today once again presented Edwards with its top prestigious honor as part of the publication's 2023-24 High School Sports Awards.
Former South Carolina football rival continues to give props to Gamecock fans
South Carolina football fans remember "the good 'ole days" under head coach Steve Spurrier. During the Head Ball Coach's tenure, the Gamecocks peaked as one of the best teams in the country, winning the SEC East in 2010 before ripping off three 11-2 seasons in a row and then being just a few 4th quarter defensive collapses away from another double-digit win total in 2014.
After 52 years, Whit-Ash is closing its doors
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Whit-Ash Furniture store is closing its doors after 52 years of selling rugs, mattresses and an array of furniture. The furniture store at 919 Gervais Street in the Vista has been owned by two brothers, Harold Whitney Black and Gerald Black, since the 1970s. “Its tough....
Boulder Creek Apartment residents have rights
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It has been more than 48 hours after renters in Boulder Creek Apartments were told to leave after the Columbia Fire Department said it found hazardous electrical problems throughout one building. Residents tell us the complex was set to provide them with hotel rooms for a third night Tuesday.
Missing Jessica Rapsys vanishes on road trip as her car is found abandoned with keys & phone still inside
A MISSING woman last seen on Tuesday night left her keys, phone, and shoes inside her car before she vanished. Jessica Rapsys, 27, is believed to have gotten lost while traveling from Florida to South Carolina to visit an aunt before her disappearance. She was last seen at around 8 pm on Tuesday, August 13 […]
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