Columbia PD, local faith leaders host Faith & Blue event to help build community relationships
Over the weekend, Columbia Police and local faith leaders joined together for their second annual Faith & Blue event.
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DHEC: 1,252 new cases of COVID-19, eight new deaths in SC
DHEC reports 1,252 new cases of COVID-19 and eight new deaths in South Carolina.
Appellate court sets hearing in South Carolina abortion case
By Meg Kinnard
An appellate court is set to debate a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s abortion law about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar measure in Mississippi.
Plane crashes into trees in SC neighborhood, pilot escapes with minor injuries
A pilot says a parachute saved his life after his small plane crashed in a Greenville neighborhood Sunday.
Health officials say new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are down in the U.S.
Health officials say the national rate of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are declining in the United States. While some experts are making bold predictions about this Delta wave ending by Thanksgiving, others are more cautiously optimistic.
CPD searching for man reported missing in August
The Columbia Police Department says Lydell Keith Jr. has been found safe.
Columbia PD investigating death of man found injured over the weekend
The Columbia Police Department says a man has died after being found injured early Sunday morning.
Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill
By Matthew Perrone
Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic.
Census means less state money for 35 South Carolina counties
The 2020 U.S. Census numbers mean less state funding for 35 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
1 more judge must OK 2-year sentence in doomed nuke project
By Jeffrey Collins
Former SCANA CEO Kevin Marsh is asking a state judge to approve the sentence his lawyers negotiated with prosecutors so he can head in December to a federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, which includes a large hospital — rather than a state facility.
