The regularly scheduled meeting for Columbia city council was anything but normal. It was supposed to be held in the conference room. Because of the large crowd, it was moved to council chambers.
After hearing from concerned residents, it took council members almost five hours to reach a decision on the future of the District 2 council seat recently vacated by former councilman E. W. Cromartie. His empty seat leaves city council with a full plate...
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The local census office responsible for the 2010 Census operations in five Midlands counties is still recruiting. Most of the positions are for temporary census takers who will go door-to-door beginning May 1.
Census officials say their goal is to hire people from the areas where they will work. Census officials are looking for applicants to work in Newberry, Trenton, Saluda, Pelion, Gaston, Swansea, Aiken, Burnettown, Beech Island and Jackson.
Applicants must be U.S....
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(AP) _ South Carolina's unemployment rate tiedits record high in January at 12.6 percent. The numbers released Wednesday by the Employment SecurityCommission represent a slight increase over December's rate, whichthe agency revised downward from 12.6 percent to 12.4 percent. The number of the state's unemployed rose about 4,600 people tomore than 273,000, a state record. Retail cut 7,700 positions inJanuary as temporary workers were released after the holidayseason. Unemployment went up in all of South...
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(AP) _ Two soldiers from South Carolina andGeorgia have been killed in a vehicle rollover in Iraq. The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 25-year-oldSgt. Aaron Arthur, of Lake City and 23-year-old Spc. LakeshiaBailey of Columbus, Ga., died Monday north of Al Kut in Iraq ofinjuries from the incident. Both soldiers were assigned to the 203rd Brigade SupportBattalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field ArtilleryRegiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division...
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City Attorney Ken Gaines has recommended to the Columbia City Council that a special election be held June 15th to fill the District II seat left vacant by Councilman E.W. Cromartie who resigned Tuesday after being charged with two felony counts of federal tax evasion. Gaines says the election will cost Columbia tax payers between $8,000 and $10,000....
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You all know the rocket at the State Fairgrounds. Many of you meet there before going on your rides, but as Anderson Burns explains, the rocket wasn't always a happy meeting spot. It was part of the cause of the Bay of Pigs, and took us dangerously close to nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
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City of Columbia mayor Bob Coble says he is ready to move the city forward after accepting the resignation of long time councilman, E. W. Cromartie.
Cromartie handed over a resignation letter to the mayor Monday after presiding over a meeting to discuss the city’s feeding program for the homeless. After Cromartie broke the news to those in attendance, he had a closed door meeting with Mayor Bob Coble.
“It’s effective immediately,” said Coble.
In the letter dated...
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