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Thursday, May 02, 2013  An An Alaska-based soldier from South Carolina will serve nearly 12 years in a military prison and be dishonorably discharged after killing a fellow soldier on Christmas morning.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Supporters of a bill updating South Carolina's 25-year-old sex education law say students need accurate information about their bodies to make wise choices in a society filled with sexual messages.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The Lexington community is remembering a man who spent the last two decades serving others and giving a true definition of what it means to be homegrown.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The Army says a soldier stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage has been charged in the Christmas morning shooting death of another soldier at the military base.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  Prosecutors say a retired South Carolina trooper used justified force when he killed a man who attacked him and forced his way into his home.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Investigators say a retired South Carolina trooper shot and killed a man who attacked him and forced his way into his home.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Starting Tuesday, City of Columbia employees have a new option for health care.

Friday, August 24, 2012  The Citadel Board of Visitors is hiring two outside firms to investigate how the military school handled a complaint about a former camp counselor now serving 50 years in prison for molesting boys.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  The grievance case of former Columbia Police official now rests in the hands of the city manager.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  The new director of South Carolina's public health and environmental agency tells senators she didn't start her job intending to fire anyone, but she is laying off nine people in an administrative merger.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  A Columbia attorney has asked a Richland County judge to require Gov. Nikki Haley, her staff, and other state workers to preserve all electronic communications related to the Occupy Columbia protests and arrests.

Monday, August 22, 2011  A new study says the South has shortage of workers qualified for so-called "middle skills" jobs such as electricians, nursing aides and computer support specialists.

Friday, June 10, 2011  Investigators say they seized cocaine, in both crack and powder form, marijuana and several weapons from a drug house on Springvale Road.  During the raid officials arrested 29-year-old Alvin Wise and 28-year-old Sylvester Johnson.

Friday, May 13, 2011  An overnight house fire is responsible for damaging a Lexington County home and sending two firefighters to the hospital.  According to Lexington County Fire Service, the blaze broke out on Wise Ferry Road around 12.52 a.m.

Friday, July 30, 2010  Officials are looking for a suspect who they say was involved in a drive-by shooting last Thursday.  Another is already in custody.