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Public Safety
SLED Agents Raid Internet Cafes, Seize Sweepstakes Machines
Editor's note: This story has been updated. Two Internet cafes in the Midlands were raided Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from The State. State Law Enforcement Divi...
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Public Safety
Feds Charge Dozens of Local Members of Bloods Gang
Federal agents announced Wednesday the arrest of 23 members and associates of the United Blood Nation — also known as the Bloods Street Gang — after a 134-count indictment charging them w...
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Public Safety
Update: Men Accused of Torturing, Killing 2 People
Updated, 2:22 p.m.: The Richland County Coroner's Office has relased the names of the two men police say were tortured and killed at a Garner's Ferry Road apartment in June. Athell ...
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Public Safety
Columbia Man Dies in Single-Vehicle Wreck
A 68-year-old man died Saturday after his vehicle hit a tree on Skyland Drive off of Broad River Road. James J. Mitchell of 109 Elwyn Drive in Columbia ran into the tree in the 500 ...
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Public Safety
The Dangers Of Carbon Monoxide
This blog post is sponsored by ADT. There is a silent killer among us. According to the CDC, it is responsible for the deaths of about 400 Americans every year. It’s also the reason ...
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Public Safety
Update: I-26 Clear After Overturned Tractor Trailer
Update, 12:58 p.m.: Interstate 26 near the Broad River Road exit has been cleared after an tractor trailer overturned in the median Monday morning, according to the State Department of Pu...
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Public Safety
Deputies Search for Dollar General Burglars
Richland County deputies are looking for two men who stole five cell phones from the Dollar General at 3315 Broad River Road, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department. S...
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Public Safety
Teen Charged in Columbia Carjacking
The Columbia Police Department arrested a 17-year-old they say was involved in a carjacking in Columbia on July 1. Shyiem Marcel Brown is charged with carjacking, armed robbery and ...