Developers eyeing Huger for new apartments, grocery store
Almost 200 new apartments and a new supermarket may be headed to the Vista, The State reports. Columbia's Design/Development Review Commission will hear a proposal Thursday for the future of an old bus storage facility in the district. The proposed site is sandwiched between two already approved developments that will together bring almost 700 new apartments to Huger Street.
Newborn found in Claflin trash can
A newborn baby is expected to survive after being found in a trash can at Claflin University, WIS reports. The infant was taken to an Orangeburg area hospital after being discovered early Wednesday. Local officials and campus police are still investigating the incident, and authorities found the child's mother late Thursday.
North Carolina forest fire smoke spreads to SC
A wildfire in the Appalachians is affecting air quality in the Palmetto State, WLTX reports. Smoke was visible in Columbia and throughout Richland County as well as Newberry and Lexington counties. The smoke is severe enough in Spartanburg County that the National Weather Service issued an air quality warning. The fire may continue to burn for weeks according to forestry officials in North Carolina.