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A Columbus police officer was transported to the Midtown Medical Center following an early Friday hit-and-run incident that occurred on Buena Vista Road, Columbus Police Maj. J.D. Hawk said.Click to Continue »

The horrific mass shooting in Charleston, S.C., is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is prepared to launch the kind of effort against extremist groups that the government launched…Click to Continue »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has admonished South Carolina, Texas and Kentucky for failing to provide enough money from tobacco tax revenue or tobacco prevention efforts.Click to Continue »

A Columbia police officer reported March 13 that he found part of an AR-15 assault rifle and six 40-bullet banana-style ammo clips in Roof’s car during a routine encounter in…Click to Continue »

A new study finds clear evidence that consuming alcohol while in an atmosphere suffused by cooking aromas heightens activity in the hypothalamus, and throughout the brain’s reward system. The result,Click to Continue »

Ethel Lance – a God-fearing woman and the sweetest of grandmothers, according to those who knew her – was laid to rest Thursday as Charleston began burying the nine people…Click to Continue »

President Barack Obama’s signature health care law has survived its second life-or-death challenge, with a Supreme Court ruling that polishes his legacy and caps a huge week for the White…Click to Continue »

I was covering the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march in Selma, Ala., when I received an intriguing message on Facebook.Click to Continue »

This is the first in a series of stories on the four new head football coaches in the Bi-City. July 3: Brookstone's Scott Pethtel.Click to Continue »

Alabama and Fresno State will play a game in the 2017 season, it was announced Thursday.Click to Continue »