The Freedom Award is the Department of Defenseβs highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.
The initiative, 100 Days of Nonviolence, aims at reducing youth violence and crime by providing activities, programs and events for children during the summer months
Investigators say in 2012 a tax preparer at M&M Tax Service falsified W-2 forms for people she recruited.
Motorists should find an alternate route around downtown Columbia after heavy rain and flooding closed several roads.
Forty-seven incidents were investigated on May 20 by Richland County deputies.
A man was assaulted and kidnapped at a Broad River Road business Monday night.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department investigated 31 incidents between May 16.
Deputies responded to an aggravated assault at 4349 Crestlite Drive around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night.
Michelle Roach, 44, was charged with three counts of property tax evasion and one count of income tax evasion.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department investigated 26 incidents on May 15, 2013,
Carveea Bernard Washington, 24, is charged with unlawful carrying of a pistol and pointing and presenting a firearm.
Authorities say the ο»Ώsports utility vehicle was traveling south on Huger Street when it was hit by a BMWο»Ώ at the intersection of Hugher and Hampton streets, according to WIS-TV.
No injuries were reported.
Todd Rutherford gives demonstration in Statehouse garage.
Chesterfield Democrat was also charged in May 2012.
Seven additional people were arrested in a bank scam that involved three local banks in Richland County.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department investigated 109 incidents between May 10-12.
The man in these surveillance photos is wanted for burglary.
A judge ruled that the man is not allowed have contact with animals, according to The State.
Richland County investigators arrested seven people on charges of bank fraud and forgery; 16 others are being sought.
Police say the man in this photo was seen in a Main Street building where several burglaries occurred.
Deputies are looking for the people responsible for shooting at the house.
A witness helped police catch a man they say tried to break into a Columbia home Wednesday.
The 26-year-old man was arrested on Decker Boulevard Wednesday.
Pamela J. Knudsen, 58, was the driver and the only occupant of her 2009 Toyota which ran off the roadway and struck a tree.
Deputies are looking for a 26-year-old man on charges of burglary, petit larceny and injury to property.
Deputies are looking for a 29-year-old man they say stole the electronics and sold them at a pawn shop.
Deputies were investigating shots fired in Eastover Saturday when they found the weapons.
The driver of a vehicle was traveling east on US 378/Garners Ferry Road when the vehicle ran off the roadway and struck a tree.
No estimates of damage were available.
Randy Scott will be working as a deputy sheriff at the Richland County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies say the men also had stolen cookware, TVs and other items.
The man was arrested after an incident on Huger Street Tuesday morning.
Troopers say the 23-year-old man ran into several cars in Richland and Lexington counties early Sunday.
Two women, neither of whom were wearing seatbelts, were killed in separate Saturday crashes.
Local law enforcement, in partnership with other groups, will be collecting unwanted prescription medications Saturday across the Midlands.
The shooting happened on Hilo Street off Leesburg Road Thursday night.
The 44-year-old man was arrested after police found a gun in his pants pocket during a search.
Police arrested two people who they say were cooking meth at Affordable Suites on Stoneridge Drive.
Police are investigation a suspicious bag that a citizen reported.