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In Brief: December 3, 2013

A third arrest made in the November beating case after suspect was found behind curtains, Rick Perry praises Nikki Haley while on tour of the Upstate and two boys were chased by bloodhoods after an attempted robbery.


In Brief: December 3, 2013

A second teen is arrested in Lexington iPad thefts, Thanksgiving Day travel deaths are down from 2012, and a Richland County deputy dies of lung cancer.


In Brief for Nov. 25, 2013

Car lands on roof after high-speed police chase A car landed on top of a Forest Acres home early Saturday morning following a Columbia police chase, The State reported. The car was pursued after an officer believed he saw an illegal drug transaction at or near the vehicle on Senate Street, the Columbia Police Department told the newspaper. The vehicle did not have lights on and the suspect was driving erratically.


In Brief: November 22, 2013

Thanksgiving will yield massive travel days, developments are in the works for Lexington County and Cynthia Pryor Hardy pleads guilty to marijuana charges.


In Brief: November 21, 2013

Individual cigarette sales could be banned in Columbia, a teen charged in a shooting could be tried as an adult, and a Charlotte man is accused of robbing a dead man’s house.


In Brief: Nov. 19, 2013

Alleged shooter pleads not guilty in gun charge The man accused of shooting first-year business student Martha Childress has pleaded not guilty on a federal weapons charge. Michael Juan Smith, 20, was arraigned Tuesday after being indicted by a grand jury on Nov.


In Brief: November 19, 2013

A man faces two drug charges after passing out in his car, the Army says it didn’t cover up pollution findings at Fort Jackson, and Columbia and the region set record-high temperatures Monday.


In Brief: Nov. 15, 2013

Columbia breaks record for lowest morning temperature, Columbia lawyer Pete Strom plans to challenge William Hubbard for a seat on the USC Board of Trustees and 42 are sought in a massive bank fraud case.


In Brief: Nov. 13, 2013

Three people were arrested on Monday and charged with possessing items to make methamphetamine following a traffic stop on Shillings Bridge Road, The State reported.


In Brief: Nov. 12, 2013

An 86-year-old man dies after reaching into water for golf ball, Columbia begins the search for a new police chief and a local veteran was awarded a Purple Heart after 40 years.


In Brief: November 12, 2013

The renovated Woodrow Wilson home will reopen in February, Clemson taps WVU’s president as its new university leader, and a gang member is charged in connection with a weekend shooting.


In Brief: Nov. 11, 2013

A boy executed in 1944 may get a second trial, a Columbia man dies in a Savannah marathon and SLED asks for $475,000 for its child fatality unit.


In brief: November 8, 2013

Possibly pregnant great white shark recorded off South Carolina coast, North Charleston police officer avoids jail time after staged shooting and a homeless man returns to jail after being released.