February 19, 2010 RSS feed / Opinion/Crime

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It’s a secret

You are not allowed to know EMS responders names
If you want to find out how long it takes for a publicly funded Emergency Medical Services crew to respond to a call in South Carolina, forget it. It’s secret. More...

Exercise+less eating=good sense

Just recently, I read two articles about government related spending that I feel compelled to comment on. One article talked about how the current high unemployment is affecting the number of teachers who are being hired by schools. More...

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Forty– something

A raisin in the snow
By Mike Maddock

As a child born and raised in the South, I barely knew that snow was something other than what we called the static on our television screen. More...

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“Locked Up” should be sent to middle school kids

I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed the article, “Locked Up,” in your February 12, 2010, newspaper. More...

Proposed tax increases the result of gross city mismanagement

Well, they are at it again. First, we hear that City Council is proposing an increase in our property tax by 11%. Before the ink dried on this proposal, along comes a 5% water and sewer increase proposal. More...

West Columbia

Augusta Road, 2400 block: Two women were arrested at 3 pm Thursday after one was spotted stealing almost $300 worth of video games from a discount department store. More...

It’s not a criticism; It’s an observation

Mascots have a tough life
By Mike Cox

His name was Lowell, but we called him Bruno. A substitute teacher hung the nickname on him when she told an English class he was the bear mascot for Bruno’s, a large grocery chain in Alabama. More...

Semper fi at a bank

Tucker, a Marine who recently finished two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, goes to the bank to find out how somebody managed to steal $1,000 from his bank account. More...


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