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Connecticut Mother in Midlands Reacts

One mother we spoke with remembers a very different Connecticut growing up as a little girl in a nearby town. Now living in Sweden, but visiting family in Columbia, she has a renewed desire to keep her children safe. Midlands law enforcement officers do also.

SC man sentenced for DUI in wreck that killed teen

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man with six previous convictions for driving under the influenced has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being filed guilty of felony DUI in a wreck that killed a teenager.

SC Senate panel schedules hearing on hacking

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state Senate panel probing ways to increase the state's cyber security is scheduled to take testimony from the company South Carolina hired in the wake of the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.

Eichelberger Tragedy to Bring Hope for Scholarships

Today would have been the Reverend Tryon Eichelberger's 90th birthday. He was 87 when a man burst into his Columbia home and beat him nearly to death in the Spring of 2009. He later died from those injuries. An event is set to take place to remember his life by giving someone the chance to improve their own.

SC woman gets 15 years in child's death

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge in Charleston has sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison for her part in the death of a child whose body was found encased in concrete.

Boil Water Advisory

The City of Columbia Waterworks have issued a Boil Water Advisory for customers in the Crescent Lake Subdivision.

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