Columbia Police Chief Search Committee to hold Meeting
Columbia City manager Teresa Wilson announced the City of Columbia Police Chief search committee will hold its’ first meeting Monday.
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Itchgrass, a tropical noxious weed, found in SC
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A headache for South Carolina farmers is lurking along a highway near Moncks Corner. Scientists have, for the first time in South Carolina, found itchgrass, a noxious tropical weed that can spread quickly and aggressively colonize farm fields and pastures. South Carolina is the ninth state to report the grass that can literally be…
Democrat Rick Wade challenging Sen. Tim Scott
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A former U.S. Commerce Department adviser and Cabinet officer under former Gov. Jim Hodges is seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Tim Scott. Rick Wade announced in a campaign statement late Friday that the people who represent South Carolina in Congress must be held accountable for their actions….
Man dies in lake in upscale Columbia neighborhood
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A 43-year-old man has drowned in a lake in an upscale neighborhood in suburban Columbia. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts says Clyde Williams’ body was found just before noon Saturday after neighbors saw a boat overturned in Lake Carolina. Authorities say Williams lived not far from the lake in a home in the neighborhood…
DHEC urges testing on World AIDS Day
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina health officials are urging residents to get tested for HIV and AIDS. Sunday is World AIDS Day, and officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control say the day is a good reminder to get tested. DHEC’s Janet Tapp says more than 15,000 people in South Carolina are living with HIV…
USC prez’s wife has 2nd cookbook for the young
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The wife of the University of South Carolina’s president wants young people to eat better and learn to grow more of their own food. Patricia Moore-Pastides is building on her passion for Mediterranean cooking in her second cookbook full of recipes inspired by friends, family and students. She uses her background as a public…
Argument Leads to Stabbing
Richland County Deputies say an argument over dinnerware leaves one man in the hospital and another behind bars.
Drowning Victim Identified
A man drowned after authorities say his boat overturned on a residential lake.
Deadly Dispute
Authorities say a long time dispute may have led to a deadly shooting
TV host Leeza Gibbons delivers Buchheit lecture
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — University of South Carolina broadcast journalism alumna Leeza Gibbons is returning to campus to deliver the annual Buchheit Family Lecture. Gibbons is speaking at 7 p.m. Monday in the Law School Auditorium on the Columbia campus. Her speech is free and open to the public. Gibbons is the former host of “Entertainment Tonight” and “Leeza.” She…
