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Police & Fire
Two Killed in Wreck
A day after a motorcyclist died after colliding with a pickup truck, another wreck claimed the lives of two more on Sunday, authorities said.Tony Lamar Hill, 25, and his mother, Tanya H. ...
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Police & Fire
Police Search for Suspect in Two Notch Road Bank Robbery
Richland County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a bank robbery that happened just after 5 p.m. Friday in Northeast Columbia. A man pulled out a gun and demanded money from the ...
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Police & Fire
Columbia Tax Preparer Arrested
S.C. Department of Revenue investigators arrested a woman Tuesday morning on 14 counts of assisting in the preparation of a false return. Carlotta Watson, 33, is charged with enterin...
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Police & Fire
Update: 7 Arrested After Deputy Was Attacked
Editor's note: The Richland County Sheriff's Department originally stated that Russell Wheat, 51, was also arrested. Sheriff's department spokesman Curtis Wilson said that Wheat was not a...
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Police & Fire
Deputies Search for Suspect in Irmo Car Break-Ins
Richland County deputies are looking for a man who was caught on video searching through an Irmo resident's vehicle. Deputies say someone broke into two cars between 11 p.m. Thursday...
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Police & Fire
Missing Toddler Prompts Facebook Appeal
A Columbia woman is putting the power of social media to work in hopes of finding Amir Jennings, a local toddler who has been missing since Thanksgiving.According to a report by WIS-TV, T...
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Police & Fire
Downtown DUI Crackdown in Columbia
Heading to Five Points or the Vista this weekend to party? If so, watch out.After a spate of recent drunk driver crashes and offenses in and around downtown, law enforcement agencies will...
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Police & Fire
Police End Day's Search for Missing Toddler
Federal, local and state officers spent six hours searching a wooded area of northwest Richland County for toddler Amir Jennings who has been missing since Thanksgiving, according to mult...