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Police investigate alleged rape
Columbia police are continuing their investigation into an alleged rape that occurred Thursday at Wal Mart. Police received a call around 10 a.m. according to Chief Jim Kinslow. “The alleged incid...
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Police investigate alleged rape
Columbia police are continuing their investigation into an alleged rape that occurred Thursday at Wal Mart. Police received a call around 10 a.m. according to Chief Jim Kinslow. “The alleged incid...
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Tri-Community firefighters check the vehicle at the scene Tuesday. Photo by Mark Rogers Columbia woman dies in accident
A Columbia woman was killed Tuesday night when the vehicle she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree stump on Mississippi 13 South near Hub. Carla Michelle Day Edwards, 42 died at Marion ...
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Consultant hired to check city’s procedures
The Columbia Board of Aldermen voted to hire Charles Robert Prince, CPA , to provide accounting consulting services to the city to assist in upgrading financial statements, statements of fixed as...
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Storm spotter class set
People interested in storm spotting now have a chance to learn about thunderstorms and severe weather at training session to be held in Columbia on March 25. “Someone from the National Weather Ser...
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Legends to take stage
The 24th Semi-Annual Legends of Bluegrass and Country Music Festival kicks off today and will continue through Saturday. The show starts at noon daily and tickets are $25 per day or a three-day pa...
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‘Grease’ draws near-record crowds
by Lori Watts, Staff Writer
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Columbia High School students presented their 32nd annual musical production Friday and Saturday nights with two successful performances of “Grease.” Friday night 685 tickets were purchased and 7...
Wind-fanned flames level home
by Mark Rogers, Managing Editor
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An afternoon fire swept through a residence on the county’s southwest side Monday afternoon destroying the home. Grayson McKenzie, who owns the home at 6 Pounds Road in Sandy Hook, with his wife D...
Legends of Bluegrass brings tribute to Hank Williams
by Lori Watts, Staff Writer
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The 24th semi-annual Legends of Bluegrass and Country Music returns to the Columbia Exposition Center on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 11-13, with show times starting at 12 noon daily. John...
City seeks new sewer, water grants
by Lori Watts, Staff Writer
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The Columbia Board of Aldermen approved the pursuit of another Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to rehabilitate some water and sewage lines in Columbia. Jason Hicks, of Sample and Associate...
Neighborhood Watch meeting attracts a crowd
by Mark Rogers, Managing Editor
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A Crime Watch program is now part of the city’s Meadowood subdivision, and a meeting Tuesday night drew a large crowd. Residents are concerned about the number of robberies, which include break-in...
A look behind bars
by Mark Rogers, Managing Editor
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Open house at jail set
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Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard (AP)

This 2002 photo provided by Roman Castro shows Sharif Mobley, 26, at a barbecue in Buena, N.J. The FBI confirmed Thursday, March 11, 2010 that the agency is looking into the case of 26-year-old son, Sharif Mobley, who grew up in Buena and is an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. (AP Photo/Roman Castro) NO SALESAP - An American al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen fooled his hospital guards into unshackling him by asking to join them for prayers, security officials said Saturday. He then killed a guard who laid down his weapon as he went ahead at prayer time.


Sat Mar 13 16:06:20 -0600 2010
Senate, Obama spar over health plan's pet projects (AP)

Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, looks on as Gina Owens hugs her grandson, Marcelas Owens from Seattle, Wash., whose mother, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care, Thursday, March 11, 2010, during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.


Sat Mar 13 15:32:24 -0600 2010
Suicide attackers hit Afghan city; at least 30 die (AP)

Map locates Kandahar and Kandahar province, Afghanistan where multiple explosions have been reportedAP - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland.


Sat Mar 13 15:32:30 -0600 2010