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The school's 59th annual art auction is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the McMaster Gallery on the corner of Senate and Pickens Streets in Columbia.

April 16, 1862 marked the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the South.

The Vulcan quarry in Columbia's Olympia neighborhood has been in the same place for nearly 150 years, but rarely does anyone Columbia, SC -- The Vulcan quarry in Columbia's Olympia neighborhood has been in the same place for nearly 150 years, but rarely does anyone from the public get a look inside.

The owner of the weapon that killed 7 year-old Juliet Lynch didn't have a loaded handgun in his trunk it was an assault rifle.

Columbia, SC The University of South Carolina has announced plans to limit the number of tickets available to the graduation ceremony Columbia, SC The University of South Carolina has announced plans to limit the number of tickets available to the graduation ceremony featuring Vice President Joe Biden.

Later this month a non-profit born out of tragedy will help a couple involved in a tragic motorcycle accident.

Robert Webster, Chairman and CEO of Palmetto Moon, announced today that the popular South Carolina lifestyle, collegiate and specialty gift retail chain will open its ninth palmetto state location in June 2014 in Columbia, South Carolina at the Village at Sandhill Shopping Center.

A man has pleaded guilty in the 2009 shooting death of a woman at a bank ATM near Columbia in 2009.

Prosecutors want SC's highest court to reinstate the conviction of a man whose dogs killed a 10-year-old boy in 2006.

Rep. Mark Sanford has been accused by ex-wife Jenny Sanford of once again violating the terms of his divorce agreement , the Post and Courier reported over the weekend.

West Columbia City Council members voted to strip their mayor of some of his power Monday night.

Sheriff's Deputies say the arrest of a man on drug trafficking charge led to the arrest of several others on similar charges.

COLUMBIA, S.C. The state's health department is asking the public to help them track West Nile virus by submitting dead birds for testing.

Columbia police have arrested a man accused of forcing his way into a home and sexually assaulting a woman last month.

Columbia, SC - Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has identified the victim of a fatal hit and run from Saturday.

Fast food is unhealthy and comes from ... well, you really don't want to know. Slow food is healthy and comes from local farmers and chefs you know and trust.

COLUMBIA, S.C. A years-long effort by state officials to help create standardized tests for South Carolina's public schools may become moot, leaving uncertain how students will be tested next spring.

COLUMBIA, S.C. A group of strippers says several South Carolina nightclubs didn't pay them according to federal standards, and the women have filed a federal lawsuit against them.

The biggest obstacle stems from the fact that in South Carolina and 40 other states, an adopted child cannot get an original birth certificate without the consent of the birth mother.

West Columbia, SC --- Officials say a man attempted to assault and burglarize a mother and her daughter in West Columbia early Sunday morning.