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Dispute ends in shooting
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A dispute between two people in the Morgantown area led to a man being shot twice Sunday afternoon. “We're getting conflicting reports,” Marion County Sheriff Berkley Hall said. “We believe the fe...
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New football coach named at Columbia High School
Vowing to bring the winning tradition back to the gridiron, Columbia High School’s new football coach, Walter Denton was introduced Thursday morning to a large crowd of players, cheerleaders, commu...
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CHS to announce new football coach
More than 50 coaches applied for the vacant Columbia High School head football coaching position, according to Columbia School District Superintendent Dr. Marietta W. James. “We had 57 applicants...
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The Southwest Marion and Foxworth fire departments battled this blaze on Pickwick Road Saturday. Photo by Mark Rogers
Weekend fire destroys Marion County home
A home on Pickwick Road near Cheraw was destroyed Saturday by fire and a home in Columbia suffered heavy damage from flames and smoke Friday. Southwest Marion firefighters were dispatched at 2:23 ...
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Red Cross and National Weather Service officials look over the site of a tornado touchdown in Marion County. Photo by Mark Rogers
Woman survives Spring Cottage tornado
When Eddie Pritchett heard the distinctive sound of a tornado Tuesday, he immediately thought of his daughter in a nearby mobile home. “I heard it, I saw it … shovels were flying across the yard,”...
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Smoke billows from a home on North Main Street in Columbia Wednesday morning. Quick action by the Columbia Fire Department saved the structure. Photo by Mark Rogers
Quick action saves home from flames
Columbia firefighters limited the heaviest fire damage to one portion of a home on North Main Street Wednesday morning. Firefighters got a call of smoke coming from the residence at 1705 N. Main S...
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13-year-old ‘fortunate’ after being hit by car
A 13-year-old Columbia boy who was struck by a car while crossing Broad Street to go home was “fortunate,” his father said earlier this week. Seventh-grader James Cagle of 1301 Broad St. was getti...
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Concrete work will close playground temporarily
The Friendship Park playground area of Columbia’s City Park will be closed for several days in late January for repair work. Volunteers from Junior Auxiliary will close the playground on Jan. 28-3...
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A Columbia firefighter heads back into a home on Carolyn Avenue Saturday night after firefighters knocked down heavy flames. Photo by Mark Rogers
City home suffers heavy fire damage
Columbia firefighters battled a fire Saturday night that heavily damaged a residence. Firefighters were called to 1104 Carolyn Ave. at 7:38 p.m. and arrived to find flames coming from the residenc...
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State officials challenge ex-Gov. Barbour’s pardons
When former Gov. Haley Barbour released his controversial list of individuals who were to receive clemency for criminal cases, two Marion County individuals appeared on the list. “We reviewed the ...
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Zack Stanley enjoyed visiting with Mickey Mouse during the Marion County Relay for Life Character Dinner. A crowd of 200 children as well as many parents and grandparents raised around $3,000 for Relay for Life in Marion County. Photo submitted by Michelle Stanley
Zack Stanley enjoyed visiting with Mickey Mouse during the Marion County Relay for Life Character Dinner. A crowd of 200 children as well as many parents and grandparents raised around $3,000 for Relay for Life in Marion County. Photo submitted by Michelle Stanley
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Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP)

Evelyn Solomon of Boca Raton, Fla., a supporter of Republican presidential candidate former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waits during a Republican Jewish Coalition rally at the South County Civic Center, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Delray Beach, Fla. Romney and Gingrich square off over immigration and other issues as they look to woo Hispanics a day after a feisty, final debate before Tuesday’s Florida primary. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)AP - The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children's game: Follow the leader.


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Feisty Gingrich stakes campaign on electability (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in Delray Beach, Fla., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP - Newt Gingrich has staked his presidential bid on one idea: He is best positioned to defeat President Barack Obama.


Sat Jan 28 02:30:35 UTC 2012
What we worry about when we worry about Greek debt (AP)

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos arrives for a meeting with the senior international debt inspectors in Athens, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. Debt inspectors from the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission, known collectively as the 'troika,' are currently in Athens to negotiate details of the country's second bailout, worth 130 billion euros. The debt swap deal is an integral part of the new rescue package. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)AP - Remember Greece?


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