Tag: Crime
Ashlyn Watkins case puts USC’s crime log in spotlight. Here’s how it works
The fallout from a recent allegedly violent incident involving a USC women’s basketball player had many around campus looking to the crime log for details.
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At-large Columbia City Council candidates promise to protect neighborhoods
Candidates for the at-large Columbia City Council seat promise to focus on quality of life issues.
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Anti-death penalty groups speak out as new executions loom in South Carolina
Advocacy groups are speaking out against the death penalty after the state announced lethal injection executions will start again.
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Legislature faces deadline to act on state sex offender registry
South Carolina lawmakers have until June 9 to approve a bill allowing registered sex offenders a way to get their names off the registry.
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Mother of slain Richland County man says she begged police not to shoot
The family of a mentally ill man killed in an altercation with Richland County sheriff’s deputy is holding a news conference Wednesday.
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FastCast for Tuesday, Nov. 9
A look at local, state and national news in a fast format from your reporters at Carolina News & Reporter.
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Breaking: Man killed at student apartment complex in Columbia
A 25-year-old man was shot and killed at a student apartment complex Tuesday, according to the...
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Allen University professor arrested on charges of sexual conduct with a minor
Michael Alan Lane, the math department chair at Allen University, was arrested on Oct. 6 on three...
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Dail Dinwiddie: 28 years of questions
Twenty-eight-years after the disappearance of Dail Dinwiddie, Columbia Police Department still seek answers.
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Friend of slain USC student wants ride sharing accountability
Sydney Ford’s petition is to put QR codes in the window of the Uber or Lyft driver’s vehicle. The...
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In Clarendon County, a murder unsettles a rural community
Samantha Josephson’s body was found off of Black Bottom Road in rural Clarendon County on...
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Crime around Decker Boulevard sparks worry in community
Residents concerned about recurring criminal activity around Decker Boulevard want to give the Richland County sheriff the power to close down nightclubs and other venues.
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