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Police: “Because she’s a teacher, it’s a crime.”

Jan 4, 2013 11:41 PM EST

Friday afternoon 34 year old Kinsley Wentzky, an English teacher at Dreher High School, was arrested and charged with Sexual Battery with a Student.

Midlands Apartment Fire Displaces 17

Jan 4, 2013 10:58 PM EST

Crysty Vaughan

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a massive fire at a Columbia apartment complex.

High School Teacher Charged With Sexual Battery of Student

Jan 4, 2013 8:52 PM EST

News Department

A Midlands High School teacher has been arrested and is facing Sexual Battery Charges.
The Teacher is accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student.

Time Warner Job Fair for New Hires

Jan 4, 2013 5:21 PM EST

ABC Columbia Staff

Time Warner Cable, the largest cable provider in South Carolina and the second largest in the country, has scheduled a job fair to fill some 700 new positions at its West Columbia plant which, officials say, equates to a huge economic boost to the Midlands.

SC House leaders present 2013 priorities

Jan 4, 2013 1:15 PM EST

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Reforming state ethics and elections laws and better security for taxpayers’ personal information are top priorities for both Republicans and Democrats in the South Carolina House.

Name released of woman stabbed in Columbia

Jan 4, 2013 10:15 AM EST

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman deputies say was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, put into a plastic container and taken to the parking lot of a Columbia McDonald’s restaurant.

Judge OKs agreement in death of SC student

Jan 4, 2013 8:15 AM EST

Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has approved a settlement giving $175,000 to the family of a Carolina Forest High School student shot and killed by a school police officer in 2009.