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Jocelyn Jennings Nelson says a vigil and service are happening Thursday for her grandson, Amir Jennings.

Columbia, SC - On Sunday, for hundreds of people in Columbia, helping the world took just one thing, a Mitzvah.

Dr. Elmer Long is the Medical Director of the Free Medical Clinic and one of four volunteer doctors who assists those in need at the clinic.

For the third consecutive weekend, a pit bull thief broke into the Columbia Animal Shelter, opened cages and made off with five more of the breed popularly known as among the most fierce of canines.

Columbia, SC - For the third time in the past three weeks, someone has broken into an animal shelter and stolen pit bulls.

The percussive noise crackling through the air Saturday afternoon in the Rosewood area won't be that of a Civil War reenactment drill.

In a Craig family portrait, a man to the right sits in the back row. He wears a black suit and hat, his hand resting on a woman's shoulder.

A Columbia businessman who served as an unpaid adviser to the cabinetmaking program at Richland Northeast High School has received national support for retaining the industrial arts program, but acknowledged he holds out little hope that the district will relent and restore the program.

Here's a quick look at some historic happenings in Columbia this week. All events sponsored by the Historic Columbia Foundation.

Valentine's Day gift-giving is projected to hit a record-setting pace this year, whether the means of expression is clothing, jewelry or a more novel approach to saying "I love you." Flowers – roses especially – and dinner at some point over the course of the four-day weekend are 'givens' for the Valentine's Day observance, but ... (more)

On May 24, 1772, William Moultrie took a break from surveying the South Carolina-North Carolina border to visit little Charlotte Town, which he described as having five or six houses, "very ordinary built of logs." Nearly 240 years later, Charlotte has a few more houses.

College spokeswoman Kymm Hunter said De-Amontez Valdez called around 2:30 p.m. Saturday and threatened to shoot up the campus.

Columbia’s Bull Street neighborhood might include five kinds of public spaces – from parks that are eight acres or larger to plazas and playgrounds interspersed throughout the 181-acre site.

Join us as we learn about the Flipped Classroom concept with a webinar by Dr. Lodge McCammon.

A 46-year-old man was shot and killed Friday morning at an apartment complex on the north side of Columbia.

Emerald High School wrestler Shaq Oliver grapples with Chesnee's Dustin Martain in the 152 pound weight class during a tri-match in December at Emerald High School.

Brothers Henry and Chai Eang opened their first Basil restaurant in Charleston a decade ago and have added locations in Charlotte and Mount Pleasant.

A Spartanburg woman has been arrested after authorities say she put a small dog in a trash can twice.

The Aquatic Plant Management Council will meet 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Board Room in the Dennis Building, Room 335, 1000 Assembly Street, Columbia.

Changes are in store for Five Points, including a new urban-style Waffle House, a women’s boutique and a move by a longtime surf shop.