Midlands Connect - Local http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/contents.aspx?id=195153 Latest news from around Columbia 15 en-us Copyright 2013 by Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC <![CDATA[Book festival helping people grow minds]]> <![CDATA[Black Expo gives networking opportunity to residents]]> <![CDATA[Woman behind bars after domestic dispute]]> <![CDATA[Richland County funds major apartment renovations in the northeast]]> <![CDATA[Dog attacks on letter carriers unusually high this year]]> <![CDATA[Former Brookland-Cayce football coach dies from cancer]]> <![CDATA[Shaw AFB opens first nursing center in South Carolina]]> <![CDATA[South Carolina's Candice Glover crowned American Idol]]> <![CDATA[Medical Examiner's testimony challenges Brett Parker's self-defense claim]]> <![CDATA[SC unemployment falls to lowest rate in 5 years]]> <![CDATA[SC Guard trains across state in disaster response]]> <![CDATA[Richland County to pay $150k to couple's estate]]> <![CDATA[Police training at Hammond on Friday]]> <![CDATA[Powerball jackpot reaches $550 million, second highest ever]]> <![CDATA[RCSD asking for communities help in identifying, locating attempted murder suspects]]>