Kiana Miller
Digital and TV Producer
Columbia, SC
Updated: Jan. 28, 2021 at 9:57 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
Human trafficking affects an estimated 24.9 million people worldwide with 1 in 4 victims being children.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2020 at 11:51 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Officials say the fire was so massive, smoke from it could be seen from satellites.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2020 at 9:47 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Guests can drive through and see attractions and exhibits, or enjoy all their fair food favorites in a separate car line.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2020 at 7:44 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
According to The Nobel Prize’s website, WFP won the award “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 9:28 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Demetria “Demi” Bannister died from COVID-19 Monday, Sept. 7. after being notified of her positive test results on Sept. 5. She was only 28. Bannister’s mother, Shirley Williams Bannister, died Sunday, Sept. 27, nearly three weeks after her daughter at the age of 57.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 10:00 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The first installation will support the residents of the Colony and North Pointe Apartments.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 9:42 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Those of the public who wish to attend the ceremony are asked to wear bright colors, as fay loved all colors and enjoyed dressing up.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 9:01 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Officials revealed they have an agreement with a local hotel to help provide more space for students in quarantine.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 7:07 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Toast-Yay! cookies are French toast inspired and dipped in icing and will be nationally recognized beginning January 2021.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:54 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Details of what caused the crash have not been released.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 10:03 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Funeral arrangements for the last surviving Buffalo Soldier from South Carolina are set to take place on July 1.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 1:59 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The University of South Carolina is now requiring all students and faculty to be tested for COVID-19 before they will be able to return to campus in the fall.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 7:53 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
While wearing a face mask out in public has been strongly recommended by health officials to help stop the spread of the virus, it has not become a state mandate.
Updated: May. 18, 2020 at 10:10 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller , Laurel Mallory and Joe Gorchow
Deputies say the incident was a domestic argument that turned violent.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 8:50 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The running community in South Carolina joins other states across the nation in honoring Ahmaud Arbery with a running tribute on Friday, May 8.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2020 at 7:51 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
Two South Carolina natives are making names for themselves, showcasing their talents on NBC’s The Voice.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2020 at 5:12 PM EST
|By Kiana Miller
Art Smart Academy in Irmo is hosting a free art event in order to keep the memory of Faye Swetlik alive, not only in South Carolina but across the world.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2020 at 9:46 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
Students from Springdale Elementary School showed their love for Faye Swetlik by making heartfelt Valentine’s Day cards for her, this before the tragic announcement that she was found dead not far from where she disappeared.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2020 at 9:02 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller and Laurel Mallory
Her body was found in the neighborhood where she lived. It's also where she was last seen.
Updated: Feb. 12, 2020 at 8:35 PM EST
|By Kiana Miller and Laurel Mallory
The search for missing Faye Swetlik, 6, has entered day three and officials say they’ve received nearly 80 tips in her case.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2020 at 10:06 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
A Chapin Intermediate School student took her talents to the Food Network to pursue her passion for baking.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2020 at 9:24 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
A defective part inside the airbag can explode when the airbag deploys, potentially shooting sharp metal fragments at the driver and passengers.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2020 at 7:24 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
Bat Biologist Jennifer Kindel of the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) is conducting annual hibernating bat counts, as well as testing bats and the places where they hibernate for the fungus that causes White-nose syndrome (WNS).
Updated: Dec. 12, 2019 at 9:19 AM EST
|By Kiana Miller
South Carolina Representatives Neal Collins and Mandy Powers Norrell prefiled a bill Dec. 11 that aims to create more employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2019 at 7:12 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller , Laurel Mallory and Emily Wakeman
Deputy Chelsea Cockrell was working at Lugoff Elementary School when a driver plowed into her around 7:10 a.m., throwing her body.
Updated: Oct. 9, 2019 at 4:04 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
A recent study published by security.org focused on the best and worst cities for police officers in the country. Five South Carolina cities made the list.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2019 at 7:41 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
WalletHub released its report on 2019′s Best & Worst States for Teachers and the Palmetto State ranked eighth in the nation as one of the worst states for teachers to work. South Carolina ranked 44th overall in WalletHub’s study of best and worst states.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2019 at 7:12 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
South Carolina has risen in rank as one of the deadliest states for women. The rate of women being murdered by men in the state has gone up since the Violence Policy Center’s When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data report, causing S.C. to go from sixth to fifth in the nation.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2019 at 5:23 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
As the North American leg of the highly-successful Group Therapy Tour comes to a close in the birthplace of Hootie & the Blowfish, the Grammy Award-winning band is using its three-night stand for good in partnership with Central Carolina Community Foundation.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2019 at 3:15 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The initial volume of the 2019 South Carolina Housing Needs Assessment presents hard truths regarding the challenges that citizens, and the Palmetto state as a whole, face in the housing market.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2019 at 6:41 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The University of South Carolina’s Cocky the Gamecock was ranked seventh nationally by Sports Illustrated for greatest mascots in college football history.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2019 at 7:36 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
On Wednesday, Hootie & The Blowfish announced on Twitter that they would be releasing new music on August 8.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2019 at 6:22 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Each year, schools in Richland Two come up with creative ways to kick off the start of a new school year.
Updated: Jul. 26, 2019 at 12:10 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
With the release of the live action version of 'The Lion King,' almost everyone is familiar with the iconic intro to the 'Circle of Life' ballad. But you've never heard it like this.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2019 at 1:19 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Rapper DMX has responded to the Columbia Police Department’s sketch of the Blossom Street shooting suspect, recognizing the uncanny resemblances found in the sketch.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2019 at 2:18 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
On Thursday, South Carolina Department of Corrections moved Death Row from Kirkland Correctional Institution to Broad River Correctional Institution to the unit originally built to house these inmates in 1988.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2019 at 4:39 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The father of the family killed on I-95 after hitting an alligator in May 2018 filed a lawsuit against Kia Motors, Hyundai and the South Carolina Department of Transportation late May 2019.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2019 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Lexington County deputies have charged a man in connection with two break-ins of the same car.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 10:32 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
American Idol has released its list of cities where it will be hosting auditions for its next season and Columbia is on the list.
Updated: May. 30, 2019 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller and Jason Raven
LGBT advocates have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the state of South Carolina on behalf of a lesbian couple who were discriminated against by a government foster care agency for failing to meet it’s religious criteria.
Updated: May. 23, 2019 at 11:57 AM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
ASecureLife released a report detailing the top 10 safest and dangerous states for Memorial Day travel, ranking the palmetto state sixth on the dangerous list.
Updated: May. 21, 2019 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
The South Carolina Department of Corrections Police Services has released arrest warrants Tuesday for a correctional officer who got pregnant by an inmate.
Updated: May. 15, 2019 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By Kiana Miller
Beginning May 15, the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will be issuing a new type of temporary license plate which ties a newly-purchased vehicle to its owner.