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In Brief: April 4, 2014

Hotelier scopes out Vista as potential build site An undisclosed hotelier is interested in building a new, 100-room hotel in the Vista, The State reported. According to an attorney representing an investment group interested in the property, the hotelier is looking at a 0.6-acre lot at Lincoln and Lady streets that fronts the city’s new Lady Street parking garage. The unidentified investment group owns other hotels in the state, and the new five-story hotel would have dedicated parking spaces in the garage.


In Brief: April 3, 2014

The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of George M. Lee III regarding seat-licensing fees, State Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler objected to a bill that would make the Columbian mammoth the official state fossil of South Carolina and an observatory dome was lifted to the top of the South Carolina State Museum Wednesday.


Weekend shooting suspect arrested

Columbia Police have arrested the suspect connected to last weekend’s shooting in Five Points. Jacob O’Nay Green, 23, was located at a Riverwind Drive apartment complex at around noon Monday, according to a CPD press release.


In Brief: March 31, 2014

A joint funeral will be held for two Hilton Head teenagers killed in a car accident Friday, the filing period for statewide elections ended Sunday and four Columbia bars were shut down due to unsafe conditions Saturday night.