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Drive-through fair food event feeds South Carolina
By G.E. Hinson | Apr 21, 2023
Social media changes the game for small business r...
By Margaret Walker | Apr 21, 2023
What proposed legislation could mean for drag quee...
By Emily Okon | Apr 18, 2023
Food banks still see high levels of hunger with CO...
By Abby Foncannon | Mar 31, 2023
SC’s permitless carry bill draws mixed reaction
By Raymond Escoto | Mar 24, 2023
Fire departments face shortages, funding issues, slower response times
by Madelyn Weston | Dec 4, 2023
Departments increasingly struggle to recruit, leaving some 911 callers waiting 15 minutes for help to arrive.
Read MoreGingerbread competition takes over Columbia
by Ariel Meriwether | Dec 1, 2023
NoMA Warehouse and Davis Architecture hosts a gingerbread competition to raise awareness of homelessness in Columbia.
Read MoreNew insurance plan can cover at least $15,000 in USC tuition, fees
by Kate Robins | Nov 30, 2023
USC is partnering with insurance company GradGuard to give students the ability to recover their tuition if they leave school.
Read MoreControversial novel back in Lex-Rich Five after monthlong review
by Ariel Meriwether | Nov 29, 2023
The 10th-most challenged book in the United States is back on shelves in four high schools after being challenged.
Read MoreIconic outfits by SC native, now a Met Gala designer, featured in new exhibit
by Madeline Hager | Nov 27, 2023
Sergio Hudson has designed garments for Vice President Kamala Harris and former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Read MoreTeacher vacancies and school leadership can go hand-in-hand
by Madelyn Weston | Oct 30, 2023
Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. Those remaining work longer hours while school districts scramble for solutions.
Read MoreAnti-death penalty groups speak out as new executions loom in South Carolina
by Madeline Hager | Oct 25, 2023
Advocacy groups are speaking out against the death penalty after the state announced lethal injection executions will start again.
Read MoreBikes sit abandoned after share program shut down in spring
by Madeline Hager | Oct 10, 2023
There is still no future in sight for Columbia’s bikes. Bikes at 18 downtown stations sit unused.
Read MoreHealth experts encourage vaccines as cases of COVID, other respiratory illnesses grow
by Sydney Dunlap | Sep 27, 2023
Health officials recommended people get vaccinated for the three most prominent respiratory illnesses – flu, COVID and RVS – ahead of the fall and winter season.
Read MoreCOVID numbers are up, it seems. Have Columbia policies changed?
by Madelyn Weston | Sep 20, 2023
New infections could be headed off by an updated COVID-19 vaccination, doctors say. One was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week.
Read MoreNew push for attention to warning signs marks National Suicide Prevention Week
by Grayson McClendon | Sep 12, 2023
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and South Carolina resources are working to save lives.
Read MoreSC seeks to join nearly a dozen states with sexual extortion bill
by Hanna Schatteman | Apr 21, 2023
South Carolina lawmakers are pushing a bill to punish sexual extortion. The state would join nearly a dozen other states with sexual extortion laws, if it passes.
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