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No pain, no gain

Every six months employees from Joffie , Commercial & High Rise Window Cleaning, located in Charlotte, N. C., rappel down the side of an 18- story office building managed by Holder Properties on the corner of Main & Gervais in Columbia. The 205,000 square foot property takes four men three days to...
BUSINESS

Hungry groups want their bite of Columbia’s meal-tax millions

The annual frenzy over who should get some of the millions in meal-tax revenue is even more intense this year as Columbia City Council retools how it spends the money and considers a new multimillion-dollar bond to pay for undisclosed “legacy” projects.
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.
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.
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., ...
LOCAL NEWS

People and achievements, May 20

RICHLAND TWO has named 203 middle school students from district schools as junior scholars. The schools are Blythewood Middle School, Dent Middle School, Kelly Mill Middle School, Longleaf Middle School, Muller Road Middle School, Summit Parkway Middle School and Wright Middle School.
LOCAL NEWS

Community Calendar for the Midlands, May 20

VISTA QUEEN PAGEANT: 7 p.m. Monday at Trustus Mainstage, 520 Lady St. Tickets for the Trustus Theatre fundraiser are $40 (cash bar and hors d’oeuvres). Doors open at 6 p.m. (803) 254-9732; http://www.trustus.org
EDUCATION

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 thousands of football fans tailgating in school-owned parking areas around Williams-Brice Stadium. What do you think? Take our survey.
EDUCATION

College notes, May 19

Erskine Bowles speaks at Converse College, Ben Dillard offered top job at Florence-Darlington Tech
EDUCATION

Warrick reflects on her 11 months leading SC State

Cynthia Warrick will step down as interim president of South Carolina State University at the end of May after an 11-month tenure beset by numerous challenges.