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Monday, April 15, 2013  Columbia police are looking for a 17-year-old wanted in the shooting of a man whose death is first reported slaying in the city this year.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A bill that would let South Carolina employers hire and fire based on someone's off-the-job smoking habits appears to be going up in smoke.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  A Lancaster man has been shot to death at this home.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  A meth lab being operated out of an unoccupied home near West Columbia was busted by Lexington county law enforcement officers Tuesday afternoon. Two men were arrested.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  The South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is accusing the Greenville County Sheriff's Office of making routine and unlawful arrests of suspected prostitutes and men who have sex with other men.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Authorities say a 37-year-old man stabbed his younger brother to death after a fight in his Lexington home.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012  A fight between brothers took a deadly turn Tuesday afternoon, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Officials in Lexington County say a man was killed after being shot in the head Wednesday night at his home in Gaston.  The Lexington County Sheriff's Department says 64-year-old Leon W. Justice answered the door of his home on Victor Road around 10:30 p.m. to find two men on the front porch.

Thursday, August 18, 2011  Two Columbia restaurant owners are suing the city of Columbia, over how the 2% hospitality tax is imposed.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  South Carolina health officials say a Cherokee County man was bitten by a rabid fox that attacked him as he sat on his porch and kept charging at him even after he kicked the animal into the yard.  The Department of Health and Environmental Control said the man was bitten by the fox, which jumped out of bushes Thursday at his home northeast of Gaffney.

Thursday, April 08, 2010  Former first lady Jenny Sanford wants to expand the porch of her beachfront home on the South Carolina coast.

Friday, July 10, 2009  One man is vindicated and another is in jail after new revelations surface in a three year-old murder.

Friday, February 20, 2009  An expensive mistake. There is no other way to describe what Columbia officials call a patio permit error that will cost taxpayers nearly 100-thousand dollars to correct. That's a lot of money; but not spending it could end up costing everyone much more.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008  On Tuesday, some Columbia High School students got a head start on the political process. Even though they're not old enough to vote, they got to cast ballots in a mock election.