COLUMBIA (AP) — A Lexington County man is suing the City of Columbia over an emergency ban on guns around the Statehouse that was part of the Confederate flag debate. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Walid Hakim says the ban ...
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Read More »A 17-year-old high school student is getting a mental evaluation after Richland County sheriff's deputies found social media posts about him planning to attack Dreher High School in Columbia.
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Read More »COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court is about to decide whether elected officials can use profits generated by a city’s water and sewage utility for other needs. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday hears arguments in a lawsuit that claims ...
Read More »WEST COLUMBIA (AP) — A survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at New York’s World Trade Center is scheduled to address a criminal justice convention in South Carolina. Joseph Dittmar of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the keynote speaker ...
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — A Veterans Administration Inspector General report says errors were found in the way the Columbia VA Regional Office processes benefits and claims. Multiple media outlets reported Friday the report found inadequate training and slow processing caused the ...
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Read More »COLUMBIA (AP) — The director of the Richland County Department of Social Services is resigning, as the agency has been under fire for the deaths of two children. The agency confirmed Thursday night that Elizabeth Stroup is stepping down after ...
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Read More »The city of Columbia must repay the federal government nearly $215,000 because of improper record keeping in a summer youth program in 2000.
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Read More »A federal judge has refused to stop the city of Columbia from closing an adult store.
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Read More »Columbia officials have closed a bar the sheriff says a gang has used as a hangout.
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Read More »The owner of a Columbia nightclub that the sheriff says is a hangout for gang members says he could be forced to close.
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