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New friends replace Columbia woman’s roof

A new roof has replaced the pots and pans Martha Thompson was using to collect rainwater inside her Booker Washington home.Click to Continue »

 

Bad behavior at fraternities has some questioning the system

The secret Facebook page where members of Kappa Delta Rho at Penn State University allegedly posted and commented on pictures of naked, unconscious women is just the latest in a…Click to Continue »

 

Report: 4K not closing academic achievement gap for poor SC children

A new study of South Carolina’s free 4-year-old kindergarten program for poor children has some education advocates questioning whether the decade-old, $65 million-a-year intervention is succeeding. While poor children in…Click to Continue »

 

Columbia’s craft beer festival clicks off with – potatoes, of course

Maybe it was was the first official weekend of spring weather, maybe it the beer, or maybe it was the spuds – people do like their potatoes, we suppose.Click to Continue »

 

EXCLUSIVE: SC officers exonerated in more than 200 shootings

Prosecutors, juries uphold police shootings in more than 200-plus cases over five years.Click to Continue »

 

Police: Man charged with shoplifting said he found raw chicken in the woods

A man told officers he found the raw chicken in his backpack in the woods when they questioned him about a shoplifting incident that happened at a Myrtle Beach Food…Click to Continue »

 

USC’s women’s and gender program, all grown up and even more relevant

USC Women’s and Gender Studies celebrates a program that began 40 years ago with one class and a mandate to see the world “through women’s eyes.”Click to Continue »

 

Matters of Faith

Faith events in and around Columbia, March 21 and beyond…Click to Continue »

 

High tide delivers for some Grand Strand surfers

Surfers were out in spades Friday morning as strong waves and a higher than normal tide graced the coast.Click to Continue »

 

$15 million in changes to hit Richland County main library

$15 million in taxpayer money is going to upgrade Richland County public library main branch on Assembly Street. Construction begins in June. What will library users get? Change and more…Click to Continue »

 

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