POLICE [ COLUMBIA ] Employee at dry cleaner knocked down, robbed – Columbia Police are looking for two suspects who robbed a dry-cleaning business. The incident happened just after 1 p.m. Monday at Columbia’s Cleaners, in the 7400 block of Garners Ferry Road. Two men entered the store and demanded money, fleeing in a car with an undisclosed amount, police said. An employee was pushed … Continue reading BRIEFLY

A beagle that was a family’s longtime pet was saved from a burning Lugoff home. The beagle was found during an initial search firefighters made of a burning house Saturday night on North Village Lane near Lugoff, according to Lugoff Fire Chief Dennis Ray. No one was home at the time of the fire, which was called in by neighbors. Tens of thousands of dollar … Continue reading Firefighters save pet beagle from Lugoff blaze