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Jury Selection Postponed in Dylann Roof Trial

ABC Columbia Staff

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Jury selection has been postponed in the federal case of a white man on trial for fatally shooting nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel opened Monday’s scheduled jury selection phase by saying he had a request from the lawyers for 22-year-old Dylann Roof that required the…
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Retailers Hiring for the Holidays

CNN

CNN– Get those resumes ready. Retailers are hiring seasonal workers. Nearly 740,000 expected according to a survey by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Chris. Who’s hiring the most? Here are the top 5: 1: MACY’S 2: JC PENNEY 3: OFFICE DEPOT/ OFFICE MAX 4: GAP 5: KOHL’S   Categories: Local News, National News, News Tags: Seasonal Jobs
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Headed to Columbia

ABC Columbia Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional spring dates on their 2017 North American Tour in support of their 11th studio album, the worldwide No. 1 The Getaway. As previously announced, The Getaway Tour kicks off January 5, 2017, in San Antonio, TX, and crisscrosses North America through mid-March. A spring leg of the tour…
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Town of Nichols Not Recovering from Flood

ABC Columbia Staff

NICHOLS, S.C. (AP) – Nearly a month since floodwaters consumed the tiny South Carolina town of Nichols, few have returned. The fear is that many never will. A stew of contaminants stood inches to feet deep in homes for a week. As it receded, toxic black mold grew rampant, leaving nearly all of the town’s 261 homes uninhabitable. Few, if…
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Suspected Serial Killer in Court in SC

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  ABC NEWS– Investigators found another body today buried at the South Carolina property where a woman was found chained in a metal container, Spartanburg officials said tonight. Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said human remains were uncovered in one of the two places that Todd Kohlhepp pointed out as gravesites. He said they have not yet identified the remains…
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Jury Selection Resumes in Dylann Roof Trial

ABC Columbia Staff

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Jury selection resumes Monday in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. The 22-year-old Roof is charged with hate crimes, obstruction of religion and other counts in the June 17, 2015…