COLUMBIA — A proposal for 200 new homes along a rural road east of ... according to data from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. Those numbers have held steady since 2016.

The historic neighborhood just outside of Columbia is a development hotbed, but residents say there is nothing protecting the community’s history.

Neighbors in Columbia-Tusculum are on edge after thieves tried to break into their homes in the middle of the night. Eight homes were hit along Stevens Place just after 3 a.m. Monday morning.