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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A few downtown Columbia streets were closed Monday afternoon as police and fire officials investigated a suspicious item.

Friday, April 05, 2013  A mysterious pail of liquid shut down a section of Assembly Street in Columbia Friday evening.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Officials urge drivers to use caution on an Interstate 20 exit ramp after a tractor trailer overturned Friday afternoon.

Saturday, December 01, 2012  Fire officials in Columbia are issuing warnings about the danger of fires from home heating equipment.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  As temperatures fall, authorities in Columbia are warning people to be careful with heating their homes.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Fire officials are trying to determine if two fires set the same day in downtown Charleston are related to as many as 50 other suspicious fires set within the same half-mile area over the past decade.