Mayor Steve Benjamin is proud of his record. But despite having a seven-page document of first-term accomplishments, he said there’s still work to be done.
With a week left before voters head to the polls, Larry Sypolt withdrew from Columbia’s mayoral race Monday. He endorsed incumbent Steve Benjamin and accepted chairmanship of a citywide anti-crime task force.
A prominent local attorney has died, South Carolina has the fifth highest violent crime rate and police say a man impersonated an officer and assaulted a woman
Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago says he has concerns about closing streets in Five Points on weekend nights. Santiago said he has seen the concept — which supporters say would ease crowding and let police keep tabs on who comes into the area — work, usually in cities with plenty of public transit.
The Daily Gamecock briefly sat down with U.S. Sen Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to talk about his upcoming primary challenge and his connection to young voters.
Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd has denied an Internet report that he has a gambling problem, The State reported.
USC is bringing back shuttle buses to transport students to and from Five Points this weekend.
Layers can help students dress for changing Columbia temperatures
A local TV host is arrested on drug charges at the SC State Fair, Sodexo donates $4.3 million to Claflin University and a Pelion man has been accused of holding a woman captive for three months
A woman slaps her roommate for moving her trash, a man chases two others down the hall wielding a baton, three sorority and fraternity composites disappear and a Columbia Hall resident gets a beatdown for calling something “gay.”
The Columbia Police Department is seeking three men in connection with the shooting of first-year business student Martha Childress. The men may have gotten into an argument with shooting suspect Michael Juan Smith, who is accused of firing a shot after a fight broke out at a Five Points gas station.
In the week after a stray bullet paralyzed an 18-year-old USC student, most people have agreed that Five Points has a problem. But opinions vary on just what that problem is.
Five Points, long a favorite shopping and bar district among students, is not safe for them late at night, USC President Harris Pastides said Tuesday.
Acoustic rockers to perform at New Brookland Tavern
A healthy baby is born after her mother jumped from a burning building while pregnant, a Charleston developer is expected to announce a bid for lieutenant governor today and sports-related concussions have more than doubled in South Carolina since 1998.
This week’s crime blotter features a man sleeping in an intersection and a woman passed out next to a garbage can.
A USC student is in critical condition after she was struck early Sunday morning by a stray bullet in Five Points.