The 139th South Carolina State Fair is opening a 12-day run in Columbia Wednesday afternoon, with plenty of exhibits, rides and food. The fair runs through October 19th.

South Carolina voters have a clear choice when they go to the polls next month to elect a U.S. senator. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is running for reelection to the seat he won for the first time in 2002, after Strom Thurmond’s retirement. He’s being challenged by Democrat Bob Conley, a pilot and engineer. When it comes to the issues that South Carolina voters say are the most important to them, the two men are on opposite sides.

The vice presidential candidates are getting ready for what could be the most-watched vice presidential debate in history. The 1984 debate between then-vice president George H.W. Bush and Rep. Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket, attracted a TV audience of nearly 57 million.

Most of South Carolina’s county elections offices will open on Saturday, which is the last day voters can register to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Most of South Carolina’s county elections offices will open on Saturday, which is the last day voters can register to vote in the upcoming Presidential Election.

Former Thomson star Jasper Brinkley returns to form with South Carolina.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) scores for high schools in South Carolina have been retracted. School officials say there was an error calculating graduation rates in the state.

Steve Spurrier has the No. 1 defense in college football. Now, if he could only get his trademark offense playing the same way at South Carolina.

State officials in both Georgia and South Carolina are concerned the downturn in the economy will force them to slash spending. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Columbia reporter, Robert Kittle, shows what those cuts could mean for South Carolina residents.

A spokeswoman for DJ AM says the celebrity disc jockey has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash a week ago. Jenni Weinman said Friday that DJ AM had been released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta.

Police say an argument over the use of a credit card led a father to try to shoot his son at a Lowe’s store, Tuesday, in Columbia.

There is a great deal of concern about the big national economic bailout. In fact, one of your U.S. Senators, Lindsey Graham, says its a choice between two options…one bad…the other…catastrophic. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, tells us how the plan could affect you.

The federal government might also have to give loans to South Carolina to pay for unemployment benefits. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, tells us why…and what it could mean for taxpayers.

The investigation continues into the Columbia, SC plane crash that killed 4 and injured former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, and celebrity disc jockey, DJ AM (Adam Goldstein). Some new dash cam video from the first police officer to arrive on the scene sheds more light on what exactly happened.

A pilot and co-pilot killed in a learjet crash in South Carolina died from smoke inhalation and burns. That was the word, Monday, from the Lexington County Coroner. He also says two passengers were killed by the impact. We have dash cam video from the scene.