Spring Break proved costly for a back up Gamecock quarterback Wednesday night. According to an incident report Aramis Hillary was arrested just after midnight Thursday morning. The report says that Hillary was riding in a car being driven by his brother when they were pulled over for speeding on North 12th St. Police say a search of the car found open containers of alcohol. Hillary was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor and...
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South Carolina's first African-American woman, elected to the state legislature, has passed away. Juanita Goggins was found dead in her Columbia home, last Wednesday, which was March third. Coroner Gary Watts says, she actually died, two weeks prior to being found, of hypothermia. When officials arrived to her home, they say their was no electricity. Goggins was the first black woman elected to the South Carolina legislature, back in 1974 and was hailed as...
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Two Marine Corps jet pilots are now safe after being rescued at sea off the South Carolina coast. The US Coast Guard says around 5:30pm Wednesday evening, two pilots aboard an F-18 Hornet went down 35 miles off the coast of St. Helena Sound in the low country. A Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew from Charleston responded and rescued them safely less than an hour after the plane went down. The Marine...
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Wrinkle free is hot & steamy! We explore a treatment to help restore your skin's moisture, while softening and enriching the skin. Its called the Cocoa Shea Butter Scrub. It's Wrinkle Free Wednesday, and we head to the spa, Urban Nirvana on Forest Drive.
To see the video, click on the player under the news section.
The Cocoa Shea Butter Scrub is a thirty minute treatment that costs $55, and you can add the Vichy Shower...
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The regularly scheduled meeting for Columbia city council was anything but normal. It was supposed to be held in the conference room. Because of the large crowd, it was moved to council chambers.
After hearing from concerned residents, it took council members almost five hours to reach a decision on the future of the District 2 council seat recently vacated by former councilman E. W. Cromartie. His empty seat leaves city council with a full plate...
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Bring sensitive information for free shredding to protect your identity from being stolen.
When:
Where:
Northeast Columbia:
Home Depot
285 Forum Drive
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The local census office responsible for the 2010 Census operations in five Midlands counties is still recruiting. Most of the positions are for temporary census takers who will go door-to-door beginning May 1.
Census officials say their goal is to hire people from the areas where they will work. Census officials are looking for applicants to work in Newberry, Trenton, Saluda, Pelion, Gaston, Swansea, Aiken, Burnettown, Beech Island and Jackson.
Applicants must be U.S....
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(AP) _ South Carolina's unemployment rate tiedits record high in January at 12.6 percent. The numbers released Wednesday by the Employment SecurityCommission represent a slight increase over December's rate, whichthe agency revised downward from 12.6 percent to 12.4 percent. The number of the state's unemployed rose about 4,600 people tomore than 273,000, a state record. Retail cut 7,700 positions inJanuary as temporary workers were released after the holidayseason. Unemployment went up in all of South...
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