Latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Midlands

Monday, January 28, 2013  Shortly before two Carla Harriett was leaving Wal Mart and heard her apartment was on fire.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott Scott says the Columbia Police Department is now fully staffed with more than 400 sworn officers and 91 civilian officers.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  A tractor trailer traveling south I-77 overturned at the Bluff Road exit Tuesday afternoon.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  A fire at an office building in Columbia Wednesday night is under investigation by the Columbia-Richland Fire Department.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  A collision between a pickup truck and a school bus injured several students Thursday afternoon.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  The body of a currently unidentified man was found by firefighters early Tuesday morning in Columbia, according to the Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  A fire swept through a Columbia apartment complex building Thursday morning.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Richland County Emergency Services and the Columbia-Richland Fire Department announced a "ground breaking collaboration" Tuesday morning.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  A man was taken to a hospital following a Tuesday morning house fire.

Friday, July 06, 2012  A minor gas leak closed a section of Pickens Street in Columbia Friday

Thursday, July 05, 2012  Columbia-Richland fire crews worked  to put out a brush fire on Mallet Hill Road in the Wildewood County Club community Wednesday night.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  According to the National Fire Protection Association, there are more fires reported on the Fourth of July than on any other day of the year.

Monday, July 02, 2012  The Columbia-Richland Fire Department has set-up cooling stations to provide relief to residents from record heat conditions in the Midlands.

Monday, June 25, 2012  The latest headlines and weather from the WACH Fox team

Thursday, June 21, 2012  The Columbia Firefighters Association is concerned about the number of employees that have left Columbia Richland Fire Department in the last five years.