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Warrick reflects on her 11 months leading SC State
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Scoppe: Ethics reform: At a crossroads
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Richland 1 special election candidates urge accountability, focus on poverty, training
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Midlands Most Wanted, May 20: Anthony Patrick Kelly
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No pain, no gain
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Swansea High’s Piersanti: ‘Confidence was instilled in me’
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Hungry groups want their bite of Columbia’s meal-tax millions
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College of Charleston helps bust source of fake IDs
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USC eyes campus-wide tobacco ban
The state’s flagship university is contemplating a campus-wide tobacco ban that would cover nearly 40,000 students, faculty and staff as well as ...
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College notes, May 19
Erskine Bowles speaks at Converse College, Ben Dillard offered top job at Florence-Darlington Tech
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CRIME
Two still in Kershaw County jail in Elgin man's hit-and-run death
A man and a woman who are charged in connection with the March 1 hit-and-run death of an Elgin man have not yet made bond and are still in the Kershaw County Detention Center.
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LOCAL NEWS
Scattered heavy rains strike Midlands Sunday
Pockets of heavy rains were reported over the Midlands Sunday, with some areas receiving up to four inches of the wet stuff and others less than one inch, the National Weather Service reported.
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CRIME
Batesburg-Leesville woman charged with leaving child inside vehicle while shoplifting
A 27-year-old Batesburg-Leesville woman has been charged with cruelty to children after being arrested last week during an alleged shoplifting incident at Walmart, Columbia police said Sunday.
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SC MILITARY NEWS
Sergeant in Marines, leader in classroom
As a member of the University of Carolina marching band for the 2011 football season, Kyle Brown has visited four stadiums in the SEC – Carolina, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Arkansas.
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LOCAL VIDEO
Irmo soccer coach Phil Savitz - raw video
Phil Savitz talks about winning the state championship in his last game as the Irmo soccer coach. He will be moving to River Bluff high in the fall.
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EDUCATION
Ben Carson to address Wilson Hall event in December
Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and motivational speaker who is receiving a lot of press related to his statements at the 2013 President's National Prayer Breakfast, is slated to be the 2013 speaker in Wilson Hall's fourth annual Mission Series in December.
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LOCAL NEWS
Good books blend fact and fiction, authors say
Three mystery authors advised would-be writers Saturday to blend what they know with imagination grounded in research.
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LOCAL VIDEO
John Crangle, SC Common Cause
Crangle, the executive director of SC Common Cause, talks about the 'revolving door' of lobbying at the SC State House.
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LOCAL NEWS
Community Calendar for the Midlands, May 19
“I’M BUILDING A BRIDGE”: 3 p.m. Sunday at the Nickelodeon Theatre, 1607 Main St. Civil Rights Sunday movie for May is a documentary profiling the plaintiffs in the Briggs v. Elliott case, challenging school segregation in South Carolina. Following the film, there will be a Q...
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LOCAL NEWS
Local meetings this week, May 20
Columbia City Council: 2 p.m. work session Tuesday to discuss a master plan for Parks and Recreation, community organizations’ requests for hospitality tax money and the budget for the year starting July 1. The full council meeting starts with a budget public hearing at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m., ...






