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Jeb Bush vows to improve health care for veterans, through privatization

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush promises to improve the quality of health care for veterans, in part through privatization

Guilty Verdict in Childress Trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — It took jurors a little over an hour to reach a guilty verdict in the Five Points shooting that left USC student Martha Childress paralyzed.

Michael Juan Smith was found guilty of attempted murder and weapons charges.

Investigators say he fired shots on a crowded street in Columbia’s Five Points area. One bullet struck Childress, who was a freshmen at the University of South Carolina at the time.

Quoting testimony from inside the courtroom during a jail phone call to his girlfriend at the time, Smith gave her instructions of what to say on the stand.

During his testimony today Smith said that he was not aiming anywhere in particular when he shot adding that he fired after hearing a shot because he feared for his life.

Richland County sets record straight for Lower Richland sewer foes

Richland County departments involved in the Lower Richland sewer project gather for residents to ask questions about the line.