FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                               CONTACT: Jeffrey Lampkin, PIO   (803) 381-2266 11/23/21 9:30 AM RICHLAND COUNTY, SC Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford is confirming that the body discovered at…

Investigators with the Columbia Police Department’s (CPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) are searching for a missing 22-year-old man. Michael Benjamin Keen was reported missing on November 21, 2021. His father…

Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with an isolated shooting incident that happened earlier this month. Diamante Watts was located this morning on Marshal…

** Update: Suspect turned himself in to CPD investigators on 11/16/21 ** Investigators with the Columbia Police Department's (CPD) Special Victims Unit (SVU) are searching for domestic violence suspect, 20-year-old…

The Columbia Police Department's (CPD) Traffic Safety Unit (TSU) and Violent Crimes Against Persons (VCAP) Unit are investigating a fatal hit and run collision involving a pedestrian that occurred at…

The City of Columbia will be sponsoring the 43rd Annual Veteran’s Day Parade on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Street closures will begin at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. The 1200 to 2000…

On behalf of CPD partner, the United States Attorney’s Office – District of South Carolina: Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Darryl Ryan Bostick, 39, of…

Columbia Police Chief W.H. ‘Skip’ Holbrook announces that several police officers have been recognized by Governor Henry McMaster for saving a life by administering the overdose-reversal drug naloxone during emergency…

Columbia Police Chief W.H. ‘Skip’ Holbrook announces the arrests of two males in connection with the fatal shooting of 7-year-old Knowledge Sims. 21-year-old Kwatez Carter (DOB: 8-3-2000) and 24-year-old Travon…