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SC approves bidding for taxpayer credit monitoring

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” The South Carolina Budget and Control Board has given its permission for the state to seek out a contract to continue credit monitoring for taxpayers whose personal data was stolen in a hacking incident last year.

Mayoral Candidates Use Change as Platform

Mayoral Candidates are gearing up tor the November Mayoral Election and building platforms they hope will regain the public's trust following tow major incidents within the Columbia Police Department.

Sex Offender Target

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)- More charges have been filed against a couple accused of targeting and killing an upstate sex offender.

New GED Changes on Horizon

Changes slated to take effect for the General Educational Development test, or GED, are dramatic, according to educators. They say now may be the time to get your degree before the updated version is unveiled.

Wednesday hearing set in SC adoption dispute

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” A South Carolina judge is set to consider how to transfer a girl of Cherokee heritage from her biological father in Oklahoma to the couple seeking to adopt her.

Murder Suspect Extradited to SC

20 year old Joseph Manners is accused of killing his grandparents and setting fire to their Sumter County home. Manners was extradited back to South Carolina from Cleveland, Ohio where he was spotted driving his grandparents stolen car.

Mayor's Panel on Violent Crime Meets

When the murder of 33-year-old Midlands mother of four, Kelly Hunnewell, was gunned down during a late night robbery of a bakery earlier this month, it got the attention of columbia mayor steve benjamin in a unique way.

Volunteers help keep signals bright on SC lake

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” Boaters on Lake Murray aren't stuck in the dark after sunset thanks to dozens of navigation lights along the 650-mile lakefront and the volunteers who keep them bright.

SC agency spends $635K to provide traffic control

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) โ€” South Carolina taxpayers spend about $635,400 yearly on traffic control provided by highway troopers, with three college football teams accounting for three-quarters of that.

North Carolina Flooding

Parts of North Carolina remains under a state of emergency after heavy rain causes flooding damaging homes, cars and roadways.

Robbery Suspect Behind Bars

A 19 year old is in jail after turning himself into police over the weekend. The teen is accused of robbing several convenience stores over a period of two months from West Columbia to Lexington.

Meth Lab Seized

6 people are behind bars accused of running a methamphetamine lab out of a home in Lexington County.

Social Media Help Track Property Lost in Holocaust

When Cati Holland checked her email a few weeks ago, she was surprised to find a message saying she was eligible for compensation for her grandmother's Berlin store that was seized by the Nazis more than 70 years ago.

Man Charged in Hudson River Boat Crash

A man was charged today with vehicular manslaughter in a boat crash on the Hudson River in which a bride-to-be and the best man in her wedding party were thrown overboard and disappeared in the dark river, officials said.

Rick Warren Gives First Sermon Since Son's Suicide

Pastor Rick Warren, returning to his Saddleback Church pulpit for the first time since his son's suicide, said today he hoped to be able to remove the stigma that is attached to a person suffering from mental illness.

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