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Waste lobbyists and former senator Tommy Moore stands in the lobby of the legislature with fellow waste lobbyist Robert Adams.

SC State House for sale

Former legislators often return as lobbyists with connections and clout. Reformers want to stop ...

Irmo's head coach Phil Savitz hugs Ben Hinson (10) after his team beat Lexington in the Class 4A Boys Soccer State Championship Friday night in Gilbert.

Savitz leads Irmo to state championship

Story, photos, video of Phil Savitz' from last game as soccer coach at Irmo High.

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Pair charged with aiding driver in fatal Elgin accident

Two men face charges in connection with aiding a driver in the March 1 hit-and-run death of an Elgin man, the S.C. Highway Patrol reported Saturday.

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SC Politics

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, left, with his father U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson.

Joe and Alan Wilson: Father and son

An online exclusive from Lake Murray and Northeast magazines. A conversation with Joe and Alan Wilson 1 hour ago

Sports

Lexington's Adam Yonge (3) nearly makes a goal in the first half of the the Class 4A Boys Soccer State Championship Saturday night in Gilbert.

Savitz leads Irmo to state soccer championship in his last game at school

Yellow Jackets beat rival Lexington on penalty kicks in longtime coach’s finale 2 hours ago

Business

Restaurateur, Kristian Niemi of Rosso likes to use Cherokee Purple tomatoes in his cooking. The Tasty Tomato Festival. The State talks with various people in the Columbia food industry about their favorite heirloom tomatoes.

Restaurateur jazzes up Columbia’s food scene

One of Columbia’s leading restaurateurs wants to give Main Street a shot of Bourbon.

Living

"Le grand C" Compagnie XY Portés acrobatiques

Spoleto Festival USA’s talking points

Here are the performances, including “Le Grand C” by Compagnie XY, that Spoleto patrons will be talking about

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Scoppe: Ethics reform: At a crossroads

A YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the ...

Military

Harold Jones and Pat Revels stand next to a monument honoring World War II aviators. Both were instrumental in helping get the monument up. Jones raised $15,000 in public and private donations last fall to make it happen. "It's something people should be proud of," said Revels.

New monument honors ‘overlooked’ WWII aviators killed in training at Columbia base

Harold Jones hopes a new monument for aviators he considers forgotten heroes of World War II attracts sightseers to a quiet area near Columbia Metropolitan... 39 minutes ago

Nation/World

In this photo released by PT Freeport Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue the attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/PT Freeport Indonesia) NO ARCHIVE, SALES

More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine

Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed... 10 minutes ago

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