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More than 250 snapshots from Hammond School and Cardinal Newman graduation ceremonies Saturday added...

Sgt. Steve Flaherty was killed in Vietnam. Letters that he had written, but not yet mailed, were recently returned to his family members from the Republic of Vietnam. The letters are on display at the Relic Room.

Rescued, he gave his all in Vietnam

In March,1969, Sgt. Steve Flaherty, who had been adopted by a Columbia couple and brought to the...

Crime

Columbia man killed by police at house off Farrow Road

An armed suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting Saturday night off Farrow Road.

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SC Politics

FILE PHOTO: Candidates for Governor Democrat Vincent Sheheen, left, and Republican Nikki Haley, right, shake hands after their debate, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010.

Old political foes clash over controversial Haley campaign volunteer

State Sen. Vincent Sheheen of Camden, the presumptive Democratic candidate for governor in 2014, Saturday joined calls for SC Gov. Nikki Haley to dismiss...

WHEN THE GREENVILLE When the Southern Conference baseball tournament concludes Sunday with the championship game at Flour Field, the league will remove the banners of each member school that ring the facade behind home plate.

Business

Gary Allen Washington screens felons and hires the best among them for his moving company. He believes in second chances and wants other companies and churches to follow suit. He is een here in front of one of his trucks with his trusted friend EP (Emerald Plus).

SC company gives convicted felons a second chance

Businessman Gary Allen Washington’s new company name is straightforward: Felons R Us. So much so that his request in April for a license to ...

Living

The birth place of Senator Thurmond, born December 5, 1902 in Edgefield. Nine other governors hail from Edgefield.

The road to ... Edgefield; S.C. 23 is all about peach trees and history

This is the first in a summer-long series looking at trips from Columbia taking roads far less traveled. Have a suggestion for a road trip?

Opinion

Bolton: South Carolina gets more than it pays for from counties

YOU MIGHT NOT be familiar with the local government fund used to direct aid to cities and counties to help them administer state-mandated services and programs, but you’ve been affected by it.

Military

Rescued, he gave his all in Vietnam

In March,1969, Sgt. Steve Flaherty, who had been adopted by a Columbia couple and brought to the United States from an orphanage in Japan when he was 10, was killed, likely by a mortar shell, shortly after he wrote his parents.