A former deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was arrested after allegedly stealing money from sex offenders.

Richland County’s first hate intimidation arrest is now at the center of a bigger conversation... a statewide hate crimes bill that some people say is long overdue.

In June, Richland County became the first county in the state to pass a hate-crime law. The first charge has now been issued under it.

The following marriage license applications were recorded in Richland County between July 7 and July 11. Trystyn C. Allan Robison, 21, Bellville, NCI, to Carolann Jo Murphy, 21, Mansfield, Mid ...

In June, Richland County became the first county in the state to pass a hate-crime law. The first charge has now been issued under it.

A flood advisory was released by the NWS Columbia SC on Monday at 6:20 p.m. in effect until 8:15 p.m. for Richland County.

RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — A Richland County Sheriff's Department K-9 that retired last year, not long after being shot in the line of duty, has received statewide honors along with his human partner.

A Richland County white man has been charged under a new county law with a hate crime in the shooting at a Black man, Sheriff Leon Lott said.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott identified the suspect who was the first arrest under the county’s new hate intimidation ordinance.

Knoelle Stacey and Braedyn Stacey, two Columbia children missing since Thursday, have been found safe and unharmed, the Richland County Sheriff's Department says.

Harris County commissioners say they'd never heard of Judge Lina Hidalgo's plan for a penny tax until they saw it on ABC13.