The State newspaper app delivers trusted local journalism serving Columbia, Richland County, Lexington County, and communities across the South Carolina Midlands.
Stay informed with daily local news coverage focused on the issues affecting residents in Columbia, Richland County, and Lexington County, including crime, weather, local business, sports, and community developments shaping life across the Midlands.
The State newspaper is your source for local, daily news from Columbia and surrounding Midlands communities. Our newsroom reports on events and decisions impacting Richland and Lexington counties, with local investigative reporting, statewide coverage, and national headline news.
LOCAL NEWS
• Daily local news and stories from Columbia, Richland County, Lexington County, and the SC Midlands
• AI generated summaries on all articles reviewed by our newsroom
• The State newspaper opinions, editorials and columns
• Edition, a digital newspaper delivering a complete daily report of local, statewide, national, and world news curated overnight by our editors
LIVE VIDEO
• Watch live video of local news stories and major news coverage
• View photos and videos from local reporting and community events across Columbia and the Midlands
LOCAL SPORTS
• Full coverage reporting on local, pro and college and high school sports teams in South Carolina
• Stay connected to your favorite teams and favorite sports writers
PERSONALIZATION
• Stay informed on the topics and articles that matter to you
• Favorite topics to get personalized feeds
• Search for news articles, videos, games and more
• Bookmark news articles to read later
• Read articles your way with support for dark mode and light mode
Other Features
• Browse articles by category
• Share articles on Facebook, X Twitter or by email
• Comment on news articles
• Access and download previous issues of our newspaper
• Recharge and unwind with puzzles and games
STAY AHEAD WITH THE STATE LOCAL NEWS APP
The State covers South Carolina like no other media in our area. Wherever you go, stay connected to news that’s important to you.
Stay connected to local daily news across Columbia, Richland County, Lexington County, and the South Carolina Midlands with The State newspaper app.
Read our Privacy policy here: https://mcclatchy.com/privacy-policy
Read our Terms of Service here: https://www.thestate.com/customer-service/terms-of-service/text-only/
For California Residents: To learn more about managing your sharing preferences and Do Not Sell My Info rights visit https://www.mcclatchy.com/ccpa-pp
You get the same headlines three days in a row. App is not updated. I’m a paid subscriber. I am canceling my subscription. This is a horrible app supporting a horrible “newspaper”. This offering is unfathomable!Finally, if you expect push alerts to take you to the headlined story, you are mistaken. The IT people operating the news content at The State Newspaper are not paying attention, or they are incompetent. by the way, this is an ongoing problem of several years duration.
Developer Response
Update the app to the latest version 9.1.6.
Update Causes Crash
Profeng88
Recent update has made app unusable. Crashes every time it opens.Since you are going more and more to online paper, please continue to make the online version more user friendly. Particularly the e-edition.
Can not turn off background refresh
LHarris in Upstate SC
Content is good. App is not so good. There is no obvious way to turn off background refresh. Background refresh stays on even when the global setting is turned off! This will drain your battery. If you want to check it out for yourself, go to settings, then battery, and look at the activity report. This app is always in the top 2 or 3 for battery usage.I will probably cancel my subscription when the annual renewal comes up because of this issue.
Lousy App
PHN in SC
This app crashes frequently. The news content is often several days old and no longer accurate, and you are limited in the amount of free content you can read before being asked to purchase a subscription. As a lifelong resident of Columbia, SC, and a former subscriber to The State, I still enjoy reading the publication, but only minimally slow. The State is not the publication it used to be. And here’s a news flash for The State: People don’t have to pay for news anymore.
• Video enhancements including support as lead media on article pages and vertical video display
• Enabled app store rating prompts
• Support for iOS 26
• Improved Welcome screen (optimized copy and new image)
• Improved support for BeOp poll embeds
• Improved support for inline vertical images
• Updated article byline to remove the word “to”
• Added publication nameplate to Edition front pages
• Updated ‘Manage Subscription’ button in account settings to read ‘Manage In-App Purchases’
• Other bug fixes and performance enhancements
Version 11.1.11
The developer, The McClatchy Company, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
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Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
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Location
Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Other Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
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