Lauren Adams
Senior Reporter
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 7:34 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
After reports of it taking a private lab more than 48 hours to get COVID-test results back to patients, DHEC says it’s disappointed.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
It was an emotional day for the officers giving the bikes and the children and family receiving them. One Orangeburg grandfather was so happy to see his grandchildren receive the gifts, he couldn’t stop smiling.
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. 10, 2021 at 9:01 PM 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: Dec. 6, 2021 at 7:41 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
With Christmas in a little over two weeks, SC DHEC says there’s still time to get vaccinated before celebrating the holidays with loved ones.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2021 at 8:08 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
The fatal school shooting in Michigan has folks in Orangeburg thinking back to the school shooting in August where three students were shot in the parking lot after school.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2021 at 8:39 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
While families across the states were filling up on turkey, tractor trailer drivers were filling up on fuel. Drivers say commerce doesn’t stop even on a holiday. Winkler actually volunteered to work Thanksgiving.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 11:42 PM EST
|By Lauren Adams
The Thanksgiving holiday travel period begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and lasts through Sunday at midnight.
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: Nov. 1, 2021 at 7:46 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
This report marks the seventh earthquake in the Jenkinsville area in the past seven days.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2021 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
WIS went out to find out what type of items have been hard to find on local shelves.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 6:49 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Officials say the homicide happened at 2030 Russell Street. When they arrived at the home, they found blood in the doorway and on the bedroom floor.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 5:56 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Health officials are once again battling e-cigarettes after a new disposable vape is bringing those addictive flavors back to teens.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 6:31 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
The father of a missing Columbia geologist says the Gabby Petito case has renewed interest in his son’s case.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 6:55 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen driving away from his job site in the Arizona desert on June 23.
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: Jul. 30, 2021 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Laurel Mallory and Lauren Adams
It happened around 5 p.m. Monday, July 26 at 741 Colleton Street in Orangeburg, officials confirmed.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 7:42 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Daniel Robinson went missing in the desert more than a month ago.
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. 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. 16, 2021 at 11:18 PM EDT
|By Lauren Adams
Conyers explained the University is willing to get students signed up for Fall classes and start in less than a month.
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: 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.