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In Brief: 4/13/16

Richland County is facing a lawsuit from a watchdog group, Columbia Police have released more details on the man arrested following a deadly domestic dispute and Forest Acres has delayed action on what to do with the site of the former Cardinal Newman School.


In Brief: 4/12/16

A study shows that South Carolina women lose over $5 billion annually to the wage gap, a North Augusta officer has pleaded guilty for a fatal shooting in February 2014 and Newberry County sheriffs are investigating the death of an unidentified elderly black man.


Crime Blotter: 4/3/16 - 4/9/16

A man bit his girlfriend's pinky finger, a young woman was assaulted and had her phone stolen, and a woman was reported for stealing a reusable shopping bag.


In Brief: 4/11/16

Columbia's new minor league team opened up their season with a combined no-hitter on the road; a Beaufort county teenager is dead and two others are hospitalized following a house party; and Saluda County upgrades its emergency call center.


Darion McCloud is a Columbia, South Carolina, native and earned his degree in studio art from USC.

Storyteller talks literacy, service

Local actor and storyteller Darion McCloud, leader of the storytelling group Story Squad, spoke on the importance of literacy and leadership as a Community Pathfinder with the Leadership and Service Center.


Briefing: 4/7/16

Country singer Merle Haggard dies at 79, UNC men's basketball coach Roy Williams comments on Villanova's close win, Mississippi passes a bill intended to protect against "government discrimination" and a U.S. Marine Corps dog is awarded the highest medal for courage a military animal can receive.


Local storyteller needs more 'superheroes'

Darion McCloud, USC alumnus and founder of Story Squad, will discuss an opportunity for students to help alleviate illiteracy throughout the Midlands at the Leadership and Service Center on Wednesday at 1 p.m.