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Friday, May 17, 2013  Former Brookland-Cayce Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Abby Bray passed away Thursday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  There was a packed house during a Columbia City Council meeting Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Columbia City Council met Tuesday evening to vote on the employment contract for Teresa Wilson to take over as City Manger.

Friday, December 28, 2012  A former Columbia city councilman who served prison time for tax evasion has permanently surrendered his South Carolina law license.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Richland County's preliminary vote tally shows that Republican Kirkman Finlay III is the unofficial winner of a South Carolina House race in Columbia, but his Democratic opponent Joe McCulloch is challenging the results

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  The Palmetto Compress warehouse is the last remaining building that represents Columbia's once booming cotton industry

Monday, October 01, 2012  City police delivered on last week's promise of having a bigger presence in the popular entertainment district.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  Columbia City Council met Tuesday and decided to go forward with the plan for a seasonal outdoor ice skating rink in downtown Columbia.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  From the latest on a missing Columbia teenager to a proposal to name a street after former USC baseball coach Ray Tanner, here's a look at some of the stories we're working on for tonight.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Columbia city elections could be headed for the fall. City Council voting 5 to 1 in favor of moving the elections from April to November, but only in odd-numbered years.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  A cat fight of sorts is going on in West Columbia about a proposal aimed at cutting down the number of feral cats in the city.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012  The death of a Columbia man in a wheelchair who was hit by a truck in a Five Points intersection has Columbia officials taking a closer look at traffic safety. Since May, two people have now died and two others have been injured in vehicle versus pedestrian accidents near the intersection of Greene and Harden Streets.

Friday, June 08, 2012  The Columbia Blowfish may be moving from the capital city to Lexington County. The announcement comes just days after Columbia city council approved the sale of the Capital City Stadium property where the Blowfish are in their 7th season.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  One day after Columbia city council approved the sale of the Capital City Stadium property, critics of a proposed development there are questioning an impact study that led to the move. Residents worry a more comprehensive review wasn't made of a delicate watershed that flows nearby.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Columbia city council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve the sale of the Capital City Stadium property to a Walmart developer. The study, conducted by AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, concludes that a proposed development could be implemented "without significant impacts" to the Rocky Branch Watershed.