Monday, May 20 2013 8:24 AM EDT2013-05-20 12:24:19 GMT
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.More >>
The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.More >>
Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.More >>
The godfather of a New York college student accidentally killed by a police bullet says the officer should have negotiated instead of firing at an armed intruder as he held the young woman hostage. The intruder also was...More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:32 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:32:59 GMT
Traffic on Two Notch Road near Providence Hospital is being detoured while emergency crews investigatee a suspicious bag.According to a police department spokesperson, Two Notch Road is closed betweenMore >>
A suspicious bag that garnered the attention of fire and police crews and closed a major Columbia road turned out to be harmless, according to the Columbia Police Department. More >>
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -
Columbia is one of 17 communities across the country receiving millions of dollars in federal grants to improve public housing.
The $250,000 grant will help revitalize the Gonzalez Gardens and Allen Benedict Court communities. The money will pay for planning to transform the communities from barracks-style buildings to single-family homes, townhouses and apartments.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the award of $4.95 million dollars in grants Friday through its Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. The money will help revitalize public housing in poor, distressed, and crime-ridden neighborhoods.
Columbia was one of 72 communities who applied for the grants. Spartanburg also received grant money.
"Today is about celebrating a unique opportunity to improve our city's two oldest public housing developments and help revitalize our entire community," said Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. "It's about standing together as one great Columbia and saying that we believe in this community, we believe in this city, we believe in the future and that future starts today."
Monday, May 20 2013 2:38 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:38:25 GMT
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says a second suspect wanted for a home invasion and shooting in Orangeburg last week has been captured in Rock Hill.More >>
The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says a second suspect wanted for a home invasion and shooting in Orangeburg last week has been captured in Rock Hill.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:37 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:37:05 GMT
WIS now has the 911 calls from a bold daytime robbery in which the homeowner came face to face with the suspect. That suspect broke through two doors and stole generators, lawn equipment, and a big screenMore >>
WIS now has the 911 calls from a bold daytime robbery in which the homeowner came face to face with the suspect.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:32 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:32:59 GMT
Traffic on Two Notch Road near Providence Hospital is being detoured while emergency crews investigatee a suspicious bag.According to a police department spokesperson, Two Notch Road is closed betweenMore >>
A suspicious bag that garnered the attention of fire and police crews and closed a major Columbia road turned out to be harmless, according to the Columbia Police Department. More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 2:05 PM EDT2013-05-20 18:05:46 GMT
Lexington County Sheriff's Department detectives charged a 16-year-old Gilbert boy as an adult with breaking into a restaurant on Main Street in Gilbert on May 6 and stealing a cash More >>
A Gilbert teenager has been charged as an adult after deputies say he stole a cash register from a sub shop.More >>
Monday, May 20 2013 1:27 PM EDT2013-05-20 17:27:55 GMT
A 27-year-old Batesburg-Leesville woman is in trouble with the law after police say she left one of her children in her car and carried the other one in a shopping cart while she attempted to steal clothesMore >>
A 27-year-old Batesburg-Leesville woman is in trouble with the law after police say she left one of her children in her car and carried the other one in a shopping cart while she attempted to steal clothes from Walmart.More >>
Remember the record-setting $587 million Powerball® jackpot from late last year? Time is running out to claim three Powerball® tickets sold for that drawing. Two of the tickets are worth $40,000 and one is worth $10,000. The winning tickets were sold in Columbia and Orangeburg.More >>
Four people have been arrested after a citizen saw them breaking into a vehicle last week in Northeast Columbia, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.More >>
