Tiffany Tan

COLUMBIA — People hoping to see snow in South Carolina will have the best odds in the Upstate region, which sees the state's most winter storms.

Executions, USC football and women's basketball, and conditions at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center were among the top news stories of 2024 from Columbia, SC.

Marion Bowman, speaking for the first time since his conviction in 2002, maintains he did not kill friend Kandee Martin or burn her body in Dorchester County.

Marion Bowman was sentenced to death for fatally shooting childhood friend Kandee Martin in Dorchester County in 2001, before burning her body inside her car.

COLUMBIA — City police recorded three shooting deaths between Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, which they described as a slight uptick for the holiday season despite the overall decrease in shootings last year.

Marion Bowman was sentenced to death for fatally shooting a friend, Kandee Martin, and burning her body in the trunk of her car in Dorchester County in 2001.

COLUMBIA — A woman excited to be carrying a baby one day told her obstetrician, Dr. Patricia Seal, she needed an abortion at the advice of her kidney specialist and a doctor who handles high-risk pregnancies.

By Josh Archote and Tiffany Tan jarchote@postandcourier; [email protected] COLUMBIA — Inmates at the Alvin S.

COLUMBIA — A state inmate set to be executed this month has chosen to die by lethal injection even as he explores options to postpone his appointment with the death chamber.

Columbia firefighters discovered the body of 13-year-old Ka'Niyah Baker in an unoccupied house Jan. 15 when they responded to a call that the house was on fire.