🌱 Annual Oyster Festival A Hit + Body Found At Rock Quarry

Up and at 'em, Columbia! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Columbia.

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First, today's weather:

Cool with plenty of sunshine. High: 52 Low: 25.

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Here are the top stories today in Columbia:

1. Hundreds of seafood lovers from around Columbia came out in droves Saturday to enjoy the 24th annual South Carolina Oyster Festival. The lavish grounds of Historic Columbia's Robert Mills and Hampton Preston houses provided the perfect backdrop for the event. Vendors provided unique goods and services catered to attendees while various bands played, entertaining nearly 200 people enjoying good oysters and food with family and friends. (ColaDaily.com)
2. Columbia police have found a body of a white male at the massive rock quarry off Bluff Road. Multiple police officers responded to Vulcan Materials Company, which is on Georgia Street. Deputy Chief Melron Kelly with the Columbia Police Department said a SLED helicopter flew over the quarry on Monday morning and the body was discovered while flying about 200 feet above the ground. (WLTX.com)
3. November has seen an increase in manufacturing operations in South Carolina, with companies announcing new facilities or expansion of current facilities within the state. These companies are expected to create more than 350 jobs. (WLTX.com)
4. The Columbia Chamber has announced the 2021-2022 Board of Directors with the addition of sixteen new members. (Press Release Desk)
5. Investigators with the Columbia Police Department's Special Victims Unit (SVU) are searching for a missing 22-year-old man (Press Release Desk)

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