2 injured, 6 left without a home after âfast-movingâ fire in Columbia The fire happened around 4 p.m. Tuesday at a home on Corbett Street in southern Richland County. (Source: Columbia Fire Department) By WIS News 10 Staff | April 27, 2021 at 5:25 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 6:02 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A house fire has left two people hurt and six people homeless, officials said Tuesday.
The fire happened around 4 p.m. at a home on Corbett Street. Thatâs off Bluff Road in the southern part of Richland County.
Firefighters said the flames moved quickly through the home, âsignificantlyâ damaging the house and property.
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Students from Cherokee County will have two opportunities to earn $1,000 scholarships to Gadsden State Community College’s Cherokee campus, according to a news release from the college.
The Cherokee County Civitan Club is offering a scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year to a qualifying student with a disability. The Women’s Club of Weiss Lake is offering a scholarship to a qualifying female student.
Both may be used toward the cost of tuition, books, fees or other expenses.
For the Civitan scholarship, the student must be registered through the Gadsden State Office of Disability Services and Resources; must be a resident of Cherokee County; must be enrolled at Gadsden State Cherokee with a minimum of 6 credit hours; must have at least a 2.5 GPA; must have completed a high school diploma or GED equivalent; and must satisfactorily demonstrate financial need for the scholarship.
Demolition of the old to usher in the new will soon start in central Temple as the city approved various demolition and road projects Thursday.
Making way for a new gateway to the city was the goal of a contract authorizing the demolition of three commercial properties off North General Bruce Drive approved by the Temple City Council this week. The Council also unanimously approved seven other resolutions for a demolition and purchases of right of way during the meeting.
The demolition â part of the Interstate 35 and Temple High School Gateway Area project â will provide room for the widening of Jack White Street.
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Three charged in two separate Granite City area burglaries
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EDWARDSVILLE Three people were charged Thursday in two separate burglaries in the Granite City area.
Robert W. Lewis, 44, and Brittany D. Mundell, 30, both of the 2000 block of Grand Avenue, Granite City, were each charged with burglary, a Class 2 felony.
The case was presented by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.
According to court documents, on March 28 the two allegedly entered a building in the 800 block of E. Chain of Rocks Road, Granite City, to commit theft.
Bail was set at $60,000 each.
In a separate filing, Scott A. Schmacker, 46, of Granite City, was charged with burglary, a Class 2 felony.