Columbia

Harriet Hancock, a woman known throughout Columbia as a pioneer and advocate for LGBTQ rights in South Carolina, has died. She would have turned 90 Friday.

The U.S. District Attorney's office said the final defendant was sentenced Tuesday.

Memorials for Lindsey Graham were held in Washington, D.C., and in South Carolina. The late senator was buried in his hometown of Central in Pickens County.

The City of Columbia has new rules for minors in place following the evacuation of Finlay Park last week.

About 35 people, most of whom were in opposition to a potential 7.6% hike in electric rates, spoke at a pair of hearings held by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina.

The city will offer complimentary downtown parking beginning Thursday evening.

The center will house the state's most powerful MRI scanner. The 7-Tesla MRI scanner will provide more precise brain imaging than patients in the state have been able to receive within South Carolina.

The City will host the first in a series of public meetings on April 1.

Longtime U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, who is South Carolina's lone Democrat in Congress, announced Thursday morning that he will run for a potential 18th House term.

Several thousand citizens made their way to Columbia Monday as South Carolina held memorial services in the state's capital city to honor the late Rev. Jesse Jackson.