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City Officials host Lunch with a planner, grab some food and chat!

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Grab a lunch and meet with a city planner.  City of Columbia officials are hosting ” lunch with a planner”, as part of Columbia Compass, the ten-year update to the City of Columbia’s comprehensive plan. Officials say the 12 to 18-month project will result in a plan that the City’s residents citizens and policy makers can use…

‘I’m at my breaking point,’ Mallard Apartment residents say

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– It feels like Allen Benedict Court Apartments round two. Some residents of Mallard Apartments are having to evacuate their homes and stay in motels until the apartments are up to code. City officials put 12 yellow trespassing signs on doors and people say they are at their breaking point. Unsure of what the future holds and how long…

Coroner: Victims identified in Columbia apartment shooting

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The Richland County Coroner has identified the two victims found shot to death inside an apartment on Thursday. According to Coroner Gary Watts,  Eric Griffin, 24, of Woodcrest Drive, Columbia, SC, died at the scene. An autopsy indicated that the cause of death was due to gunshot wounds to the upper torso, says Watts. According to Watts, Antonio Deandre…