Lauren Adams
Senior Reporter
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 10:28 PM EST
|By Hannah Robinson and Lauren Adams
A 13-year-old is dead after a shooting in an apartment complex in Columbia.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 9:58 AM EST
|By Lauren Adams and Debra Worley
A man in South Carolina died after falling from the roof while decorating the house for Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2021 at 10:57 AM EST
|By Lauren Adams
A Columbia family is mourning the loss of their loved one after he fell off the roof while decorating for Christmas. Thirty-one-year-old Joe Cocco leaves behind a wife and two young girls who will now face Christmas alone this year.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 6:26 PM EST
|By Hannah Robinson and Lauren Adams
Richland Two Superintendent Baron Davis responded to the report stating that the district and school take all reports of alleged misconduct seriously.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 9:53 AM EDT
|By Hannah Robinson and Lauren Adams
Two students were sent home from a Midlands school after eating drug-infused gummy candy.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Cornelius Donte Brown, 28, was fatally shot inside of his La Mesa apartment on April 24.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 9:10 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford urged all parents to please double-check their back seat for children.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:27 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina says they are requiring all of their employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The superintendent said he’s watching the numbers closely and making adjustments where necessary.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Right now masks are recommended, but not mandatory in South Carolina public schools.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2021 at 5:41 PM EDT
|By Laurel Mallory, Adam Mintzer and Lauren Adams
Josephson's family addressed the court after the verdict was read.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2021 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Day five of testimony in the Nathaniel Rowland trial and the state and defense have rested their case.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2021 at 3:57 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The state continues to call witnesses in its case against Rowland.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:34 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
GRAPHIC WARNING: Details included in this article may be disturbing to some readers.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 7:36 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The trial of Nathaniel Rowland, the man accused of kidnapping and killing University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson in March 2019, began Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2021 at 7:20 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams and Laurel Mallory
Several witnesses took the stand in day one of the trial.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 7:11 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The father drove cross-country searching for answers in his son's disappearance. He just hopes to find him alive.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 7:33 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Beginning July 15, qualifying people with children will receive a check for at least $250 per child each month for six months.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The family says they went inside Five Guys Burgers and Fries on Columbiana Drive and the manager told them the service dog wasn’t welcome because of the dog hair.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2021 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
In a recent COVID-19 virtual meeting, Spearman encouraged student athletes to get vaccinated and to get others to do the same.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2021 at 6:42 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The suspect, Jovan Collazo, now faces 19 counts of kidnapping as well as other charges.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2021 at 7:36 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The NAACP says the new law could lead to increased gun violence in a state already suffering from too many gun-related deaths.
Updated: Jun. 1, 2021 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Sheriff Lee Boan says deputies couldn’t sleep because they were worried about K-9 Nero.
Updated: May. 27, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
It happened Wednesday night in front of the CK Mart convenience store on Broad River Road.
Updated: May. 21, 2021 at 7:17 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Angel’s mother believes proper steps were not taken in the situation.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 8:28 AM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Millions of Americans will start seeing monthly checks in the mail starting mid-July due to an increased child tax credit.
Updated: May. 11, 2021 at 7:58 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The sudden rush to the pumps has been caused by the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline following a cyber attack.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2021 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Some parents hope the superintendent of LR5 sees it and changes the mandatory mask policy.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2021 at 6:27 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The group says Tillman is a known racist and shouldn’t be commemorated on State House grounds.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams and Laurel Mallory
The video showed a group take a baby from its mother and beat the mom while a crowd cheered.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2021 at 7:15 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Family gathered at the home from all over after hearing the news.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2021 at 7:23 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Students say the university is protecting the faculty members accused of sexual harassment and are calling for their termination.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 6:27 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
It’s a combo bill lawmakers are calling “The Story of America” which includes protecting monuments, restoring history in classrooms, and preventing historical plaques from becoming editorialized.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 10:17 PM EST
|By Laurel Mallory and Lauren Adams
The newborn was found unresponsive Thursday morning around 5:30 inside Colony Apartments.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 11:51 AM EST
|By Lauren Adams
The veterans say it relaxes them, and helps them have a better quality of life.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 7:29 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
Lawmakers reassured Spearman they want teachers to be vaccinated, but not before our vulnerable senior citizen population.