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In Brief: 8/20/16

Repairs will finally begin on the Columbia Canal after it was damaged in last year's historic flooding, July job numbers dropped South Carolina's unemployment rate to a 15 year low and a local church hosted a panel of community leaders to discuss the relationship between police and the community.


In Brief: 8/19/16

Clemson Road was closed Thursday after a gas leak was reported, a sixth-grader from South Carolina will compete on a new Food Network show and two dead manatee washing ashore in one week is raising questions about environmental issues off the coast of Charleston.


Demetra departing for Georgia Tech gig

Andy Demetra has officially accepted a broadcast position with Georgia Tech, ending weeks of speculation that the voice of Gamecock basketball and baseball would be leaving Columbia.


What's Italy without pizza? (Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

Chow down for no charge

Whether you're a newly minted member of the class of 2020 or a super senior and proud of it, Welcome Week is always good for one thing: an excess of free food. Here's a helpful guide to all the best grub up for grabs this week.


In Brief: 8/18/16

The City of Columbia is looking into giving Finlay Park a makeover, Columbia breaks heat records yet again and the Town of Lexington is fining a trash company $32,000 for missing thousands of homes.


In Brief: 8/17/16

The 14-year-old River Bluff High School football player who died after collapsing at practice was buried, former Gamecock football star Alshon Jeffrey was involved in a brawl at a joint NFL practice between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots and USC alum Natasha Hastings came in fourth in the 400-meter dash at the Olympics.


In Brief: 8/16/16

South Carolina punter Sean Kelly will not be suspended from any games over a recent arrest, a man was seriously injured during a race at the Anderson Motor Speedway and one person was killed in a a single-car crash in Sumter County.