On Thursday, Prisma Health Midlands Foundation and the Pinner family announced a $50,000 endowment in honor of Joe and Peggy Pinner.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - It started as an idea to honor an icon on the big screen. “It was really the idea of our chief photographer Russ Congdon,” said WIS anchor Judi Gatson. “(Russ) said, ‘You know ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Columbia-area burger restaurant is honoring the late Joe Pinner, a WIS news anchor, meteorologist and iconic children’s show host “Mr. Knozit”, with a special burger. Owners ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - WIS is out at Segra Park from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday night to ring the Salvation Army bell in honor of Joe Pinner. Pinner, better known to WIS viewers as “Mr. Knozit”, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Joe Pinner, also known as “Mr. Knozit” or “Papa Joe,” was a Midlands staple. Pinner joined WIS News 10 years after the channel first started broadcasting and quickly became a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - WIS spent the evening outside Segra Park taking part in one of Papa Joe Pinner’s favorite yearly traditions. Each year, the South Carolina legend would participate in the ...

Allan Roberts sits under a blue umbrella in a cemetery every day, staying as close as he can to his wife Mary, who died seven months ago. Three students and one teacher from Camden High School talk to ...

Bishop Joe Penner told about the final lecture from his 1960s seminary professor. This educator, dying with cancer, instructed these young preachers: "Offer them hope." Penner then stated that ...

A bill regulating hemp products in South Carolina cleared its hurdle inside the state Senate after weeks of discussion and debate. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has charged two ...

Business owner Angie Snow has been operating a cafe for the last eight years, and for eight years, she’s experienced frustration over what she said is ongoing flooding.

Footage obtained by WIS shows the moments a chase involving Richland County deputies led to a crash on Interstate 77 on Monday. A mechanical issue caused the presence of first responders at the ...

As the Columbia Fireflies celebrate their 10th anniversary this season, they’ll also be honoring a part of the city’s baseball past.