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Starting in March of next year, the city of Columbia will roll out new rates and fines for downtown street and garage parking. Columbia City Council approved the rate increase last week in a 6-1 vote. Officials said they plan to use the new revenue to pay for infrastructure and maintenance and repairs, in addition to enhancing aesthetics and operations, such as upgraded cameras and parking garages and expanded electric vehicle charging stations.

Coast Guard video shows the dramatic moments two people were rescued from a small plane that crashed Saturday in a marsh near the Little Black River in South Carolina, not far from the Georgia border.

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 7, 2024: a look at what lawmakers did when they returned to Columbia, briefly, this week, ahead of the start of the legislative session on Jan. 14.

Christmas trees are big business in the Carolinas. But after a brutal hurricane season and a series of storms that flooded parts of the Carolinas, some Christmas tree growers are feeling the affects as we head into the Christmas time crunch.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that on his first day in office next month he’ll impose heavy tariffs targeting the United States’ three largest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina will hire TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati as its new AD, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday.