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Local news for Columbia, SC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

4 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

Fire burns SC prosecutors office where court burned

Fire officials say a blaze has burned the prosecutor's office in Lancaster, where the courthouse burned earlier this week.

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Related Topix: Fire, Lancaster, SC, Lancaster County, SC

12 hrs ago | WLTX-TV Columbia

Man Accused of Soliciting 12-year-old Online

Agents with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division have arrested a 26-year-old man they say solicited what he believed to be a 12-year-old girl online.

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Related Topix: Cayce, SC, Columbia Metro

Wed Aug 06, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Boxcar Blaze Briefly Closes Street in Columbia

Columbia firefighters briefly shut down the 2100 block of Chestnut Street Wednesday morning to put out a blaze in a boxcar.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro, Fire

The Greenville News

Deputies look for inmate accidentally released

Richland County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man accidentally released from the county jail in Columbia.

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Related Topix: Richland County, SC

WLTX-TV Columbia

3 Hebrew Boys' Arguments Called "Nonsensical"

Federal prosecutors say motions filed by three Columbia men accused of scamming thousands out of $80 million make no sense.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

The State

City targets run-down rentals

Columbia officials want to send a message to some city landlords: You can run, but you can't hide - at least not anymore.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro, Richland County, SC, Home, Mortgage

The State

Lexington smoking ban gets initial OK

Smoking could be snuffed out in restaurants, bars, stores and most offices in Lexington by early October.

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Related Topix: Lexington, SC, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Columbia Metro, Richland County, SC

Tue Aug 05, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

CrimeStoppers Tip Helps Nab ID Theft Thief

Officers with the City of Columbia Police Department say they have determined that a 42-year-old woman stole credit and debit cards from three victims' purses, and used them later at automated teller machines.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

The Greenville News

2 dead when train strikes vehicle near Columbia

Richland County authorities say a man and woman have been killed after a sports utility vehicle hit a train near Blythewood.

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Related Topix: Richland County, SC, Blythewood, SC, Columbia Metro

Mon Aug 04, 2008

www.wistv.com | The Real Lori

SC Dot to place remote sensors on bridges

Remote sensors will be installed on bridges on two main South Carolina highways allowing highway officials in Columbia to monitor their condition.

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Related Topix: Charleston, SC

WIS-TV Columbia

Police investigate stabbing incident at Woodland Terrace

Columbia police are still investigating an incident at the Woodland Terrace apartment complex where they say a man who broke into an apartment was stabbed multiple times.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

Sun Aug 03, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Deputies Ask for Public's Help in Cold Case Murder

Richland County deputies are looking to the public for help in a three-year-old murder case.

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Related Topix: Richland County, SC, Columbia Metro

The State

Tragic deaths alarm coroner

The 2008 Out of the Darkness Community Walk to prevent suicide is Oct. 19 at Columbia's Riverfront Park.

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Related Topix: Suicide

The State

3 Hebrew Boys: Men want charges dismissed

Three Columbia-area men accused of scamming thousands of people out of $80 million want their federal charges dismissed because they say prosecutors don't have jurisdiction over their case.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro, Brunson, SC

Sat Aug 02, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Deputies Investigate Early Morning Stabbing

Richland County deputies are investigating a stabbing that occurred early Saturday morning in southeast Columbia.

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Related Topix: Richland County, SC, Columbia Metro

WIS-TV Columbia

Man no longer suspect in Garners Ferry bank robbery

Columbia police say they have determined that a man they said was a suspect in a bank robbery on Garners Ferry Road was not involved.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

Fri Aug 01, 2008

WLTX-TV Columbia

Body Found in Columbia Park

Officers with the City of Columbia Police Department are investigating a dead body they found in a creek near Blossom and Pickens Streets in Columbia.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

WACH-TV Columbia

Fire causes damages at Columbia plant

Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. A fire is out at a Columbia factory on South Beltline Boulevard.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro

Myrtle Beach Online

Couple hopes for South Carolina record pumpkin

A Lexington couple planned to find out Friday just how big. Frank and Tina Finders plan to weigh their big pumpkin they grew at her grandmother's apartment in Arcadia Lakes on scales at the State Farmers ...

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Related Topix: Lexington, SC, Arcadia Lakes, SC, Columbia Metro

Thu Jul 31, 2008

The State

Suspect arrested in 1999 killing

The last of three men wanted in connection with a 1999 cold-case robbery and homicide was arrested Thursday in Columbia, authorities said.

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Related Topix: Columbia Metro, Violent Crime, Richland County, SC

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