Columbia Police Chief W.H. ‘Skip’ Holbrook  announces that today marks the 30th anniversary of Dail Dinwiddie’s disappearance. The 23-year-old female disappeared on September 24, 1992 after attending a U2 concert…

Today marks the 10-year anniversary of a hit and run incident that seriously injured a cardiac nurse who worked at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital (now Prisma Health). "The past 10…

Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers have arrested a 55-year-old man after being accused of selling alcohol from the back of a pickup truck at a park. Gene A. Smith, Junior…

Chief W.H. ‘Skip‘ Holbrook announces that Southeast Region Captain P.J. Blendowski, a 20-year veteran of the Columbia Police Department (CPD) has graduated from the 283rd session of the Federal Bureau…

Congratulations are in order for two female Columbia Police Department (CPD) officers for receiving the 'Servant-Leadership' Award from the Eastminster Presbyterian Church. Chief Holbrook (centered in white shirt with black…

On behalf of the City of Columbia Public Relations & Marketing Department: Residents are urged to protect themselves by: Using, according to the label instructions, EPA registered insect repellents that…

The male suspect accused of shooting a teenager outside of a Millwood Avenue convenience store over the summer has been arrested. 19-year-old Rayonne Z. Ashford turned himself in to a…

The murder suspect Columbia Police Department investigators arrested in 2018 has been convicted of the violent crime and sentenced to prison. After deliberating for 45 minutes yesterday, a Richland County…

A 31-year-old male accused of committing multiple property crimes in the City of Columbia, and Richland and Lexington Counties has been arrested. CPD alone served the suspect with fourteen arrest…

A Columbia Police Department (CPD) School Resource Officer (SRO) has arrested a 17-year-old male accused of bringing a loaded gun to a high school.   Police Chief W. H. ‘Skip’…