Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The community had a chance to learn more about downtown public safety efforts during the Columbia City Council meeting Monday ...

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said that the firearm was kept unsecured in a closet prior to a child finding it.

The study would last four to six months and examine fatal and non-fatal shootings from the past two years. As Columbia grapples with several recent shootings, city leaders look to gun violence ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) -- A local family dealing with the effects of gun violence is doing what they can to help reduce that type of crime. They’re holding an event all in the name of their son Julian ...

The 18-year-old was booked into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

COLUMBIA — A common theme among many killings in Columbia is young people being involved as suspects. A juvenile has been suspected in 28% of the homicides in Columbia since 2022. But young people ...

COLUMBIA — Missouri law does not prohibit juveniles from having guns, and a group of young people from Columbia said children know police officers can't take guns from them. KOMU 8 News held a ...

According to the US Attorney's Office Laclarence Anderson sold ten guns, meth, cocaine, and crack to confidential informants on four occasions in 2024.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Columbia man pleaded guilty in to a federal gun charge in connection with his girlfriend’s murder, according to the U.S.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The U.S. Department of Justice announced the sentencing of a Columbia man. U.S. District Judge Sherri A. Lydon sentenced Phillip O’Neal McCoy to 77 months in prison, followed by ...

Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude presented a public safety update following a deadly downtown shooting. Police data shows a majority of downtown incidents, including gun violence, occur after bars ...