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Columbia hosts Veterans Day parade

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Veterans from across South Carolina are gathering in Columbia for an annual celebration to honor them. The City of Columbia is holding its 35th Annual Veterans Day Parade on Monday. City officials say Brig. Gen. Bradley Becker, the commanding general at Fort Jackson, is the grand marshal of this year’s parade. He is leading over 80…

Work nearing completion at SC presidential site

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Renovations are nearly complete at the South Carolina boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson. Officials with the Historic Columbia Foundation are briefing the media Monday on renovations to the home in downtown Columbia. The group is also planning to announce when the home will reopen for visitors. The property has been closed to the public since 2005…

Heavy summer rains wipe out Beaufort oysters

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — November has an “R” in it so that means oyster season. But there are precious few to be had in Beaufort County because of last summer’s heavy rains. An official with the state Department of Natural resources tells The Beaufort Gazette (http://bit.ly/19diC0x ) that between 75 and 90 percent of the county’s oysters have been wiped…

SLED seeking $500K to expand child fatality unit

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Law Enforcement Division is asking lawmakers for about $500,000 to hire more officers to investigate the suspicious deaths of children. The State newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/1eDFmyQ ) that SLED wants to add four officers to its child fatality unit in an effort to reduce a backlog of 466 cases. The oldest is from 1999. By…

Radioactive water leak shuts down SC reactor

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Duke Energy has shut down a reactor at the Oconee Nuclear Station near Seneca for the second time in less than three weeks. Utility officials said they shut down Unit 1 on Monday morning after a small radioactive water leak was found. They say there is no threat to employees or the public. Duke Energy spokeswoman…