🌱 Patch AM: How Columbia neighbors can support a family after a tragic shooting

Good morning to you Columbia! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Columbia neighbors can support a family after a tragic shooting
• How USC's Columbia-based program could deliver 300 more nurses by 2030
• What did Annie Andrews promise at her downtown Columbia campaign stop?

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 67 degrees.
• Tuesday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, temps: high: 88, low: 70. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Humid with showers around, with a high of 88 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Parents launch GoFundMe after 3-year-old dies in gun accident (wach.com) — A Columbia family is seeking community help after their 3-year-old son Amir died Thursday when he accessed an unattended gun in their home. A GoFundMe aims to help his grieving parents move to a safer place and cover housing, moving, essentials, and counseling as they continue caring for their 2-year-old daughter and cope with this devastating loss.
   

• USC addresses South Carolina nursing shortage with faculty pipeline program (spectrumlocalnews.com) — Right here in Columbia, USC is expanding a nursing faculty pipeline program that lets doctoral students teach full time while finishing their degrees, helping local schools admit more nursing students. Partnering with Clemson and MUSC, the effort aims to ease South Carolina's nurse shortage and could produce about 300 additional nurses by 2030, strengthening care in Midlands hospitals and clinics.
   

• Connect to the Capitol: Norman backtracks, Andrews with early edge, Newsom in SC (abcnews4.com) — Political maneuvering is heating up in Columbia, where U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman is clarifying his stance in a contentious GOP Senate primary and Democrat Annie Andrews just rallied supporters at Bourbon downtown to pitch her affordability plan. The piece also tracks a new poll showing Andrews with an early edge and details California Gov. Gavin Newsom's swing through South Carolina ahead of future presidential politics.
   

📸 Around Columbia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Columbia

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 8
• Community Artisans & Farmers Market at North Springs Park →
  North Springs Park, 1320 Clemson Rd, Columbia
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 8
• Community Artisans & Farmers Market →
  North Springs Park, Richland County, 1320 Clemson Road, Columbia
  2:00 pm
• Terrarium Tuesday! →
  Gardener's Outpost, 1211 Franklin St, Columbia
  5:30 pm
• Trivia Night at Top Dawg Tavern in Columbia →
  Top Dawg Tavern, 498 Town Center Pl, Columbia
  6:30 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Little Gym Move and Learn Playtime →
  132 Beckett Ln, Columbia
  9:30 am
• Forest Acres Farmers Market →
  Gills Creek Memorial Park, 24 Forest Lake Pl, Columbia
  2:00 pm
Thursday September 10
• Birdwatching in the Gardens →
  The Hampton-Preston Mansion & Gardens, 1615 Blanding Street, Columbia
  8:00 am
• Fall 2026 Study Abroad Fair: University of South Carolina, Columbia →
  Columbia SC
  11:00 am
• Ribbon Cutting LivSmart Studios by Hilton Columbia Greystone →
  Columbia SC
  1:00 pm
• Lake Carolina Farmers Market →
  Parkside Center at Lake Carolina, 5 Lake Carolina Way, Columbia
  3:00 pm
Thursday September 24
• Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness →
  Belk, 670 Promenade Pl, Columbia
  10:00 am
Friday September 25
• Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness →
  Belk, 100 Columbiana Cir, Columbia
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Airforce Update #18
  We are having a baby girl... An unexpected turn of events but we are truly grateful (Nextdoor The Summit)
• I posted about this little guy a few days ago.
  He's back with his owner but came for a happy tail wagging visit today, running up to my cat and licked the kitty all over. He's just such a happy go… (Nextdoor Hard Scrabble)

• Dollar General posted a job opening for ASST STORE MGR in COLUMBIA, SC S03090 in Columbia. Apply here.
• Lucky Strike Entertainment posted a job opening for Porter in Columbia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbia here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cayce

• 9 South Carolina Drive-Ins Where Burgers Never Went Out of Style (myfamilytravels.com)
• James Island Rolls Past Gray Collegiate 49-20 (hssr.com)

West Columbia

• HS Football Rewind: Blythewood bests rival Westwood. Dutch Fork, Irmo win big (thestate.com)

Blythewood

• 'All the guys eat': South Carolina WRs benefit from offense's big day in win (islandpacket.com)

Ok Columbia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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