Post and Courier Columbia

12/03/2025

The investment will position the two partners as a key parts supplier for Scout Motors, which is building a $2 billion, 1,100-acre plant in Blythewood.

12/03/2025

To celebrate the opening of the latest Guthrie’s location in the Midlands, Carolina Panthers player and former Gamecock Xavier Legette will appear at the ribbon cutting Dec. 9

Guthrie’s is opening a Columbia location, with plans to serve fried chicken, coleslaw and Texas toast. Xavier Legette will meet fans at the opening.

12/03/2025

Charleston International Airport is addressing its biggest passenger complaint with new technology and a planned $70 million overhaul of its decades-old baggage handling system.

Charleston International Airport has plans to make its baggage handling system more efficient to address long baggage claim wait complaints with new technology.

12/02/2025

Starting next year, TSA will fine travelers $45 if they arrive at any airport security checkpoint without a REAL ID or a compliant ID, such as a passport. Here’s what travelers need to know about the change and how to…

Starting in February 2026, TSA will fine travelers if they attempt to fly without a REAL ID or a compliant ID nationally, including at South Carolina airports.

12/02/2025

Many new applications for South Carolina’s child care scholarship program are temporarily paused after a delay in the federal funding that supports it.

South Carolina has stopped accepting most new applications for its Working Families Child Care Scholarship program because of an issue with federal funding.

12/02/2025

A South Carolina measles outbreak around Spartanburg County jumped by 14 new cases, and four schools saw nearly 140 in quarantine because of exposure. Most of those infected are kids and unvaccinated.

The ongoing measles outbreak around Spartanburg County saw 14 new cases, double the last update, and has now reached 76 people, with many in quarantine.

12/02/2025

A South Carolina measles outbreak around the Upstate jumped by 14 new cases, and four schools saw nearly 140 in quarantine because of exposure. Most of those infected are kids and unvaccinated.

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12/02/2025

An inmate has died at a hospital after being attacked at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville.

An inmate has died after being assaulted in a common area of his living unit at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, the site of a deadly 2018 riot.

12/02/2025

A new oyster bar and seafood concept is coming to one of Columbia’s major dining districts, serving up oysters and “inventive” hot and cold seafood dishes.

New oyster bar/seafood restaurant, Slip 53, coming to the former Pecknel Music Company location in Five Points, one of Columbia, SC’s major dining districts.

12/02/2025

A South Carolina measles outbreak around in the Upstate jumped by 14 new cases, and four schools saw nearly 140 in quarantine because of exposure. Most of those infected are kids and unvaccinated.

The ongoing measles outbreak around Spartanburg County saw 14 new cases, double the last update, and has now reached 76 people, with many in quarantine.

12/02/2025

Columbia, start your engines. The next season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will feature the capital city’s first locally based drag queen competitor.

Kenya Pleaser, a local drag queen and Lizzo impersonator, will star in season 18 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” premiering Jan. 2, 2026, on MTV/Paramount Plus.

12/02/2025

Columbia, start your engines. The next season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will feature the capital city’s first locally based drag queen competitor.

Kenya Pleaser, a local drag queen and Lizzo impersonator, will star in season 18 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” premiering Jan. 2, 2026, on MTV/Paramount Plus.