When people travel to South Carolina’s Congaree National Park, they will no doubt be surprised by the verdant backdrop that houses the diverse plant and animal life in the forested floodplain, one of the country’s newest national parks. More...
Editor’s note: Natasha
Whitling is in New York City
preparing to intern at the
United Nations for her final
course in the masters program in
USC’s School of Journalism and Mass More...
The restaurant is nestled into a woodsy cove near the banks of a river where everything is lush and green, and the landscape is picture perfect and in full bloom. All the patrons are dressed in their very best evening clothes and ushered to their tables by a wait staff in white gloves and dinner jackets with tails. More...
A fanfare of brass will herald Sunday morning worship at Main Street United Methodist Church September 5 as the congregation honors military veterans from WWII. Their special guest speaker is Major General Douglas L. Carver, chief of chaplains for the United States Army. More...
The City of Columbia recently was awarded status as a Preserve America community. Mayor Steve Benjamin, along with City Council members and representatives from the Historic Columbia Foundation held a press conference on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 to discuss the impact of this distinct honor on our city and the importance of historic preservation. More...
As the world appears to fall into the second dip in the Great Recession, activity at the Panama Canal and at the Port of Charleston depicts a whole different story. That story is awash with bright futures and optimistic outlooks and new money, lots of it. More...
A teacher from 26 of the district’s schools was selected to be a 2010–2011 Teacher of the Year. The group of educators will be recognized at an informal reception on September 28 at 5 p.m. at Pontiac Elementary School. A formal reception will be held in February 2011. More...
Alecia Diane Wilkins and Cori Jerry Cooper were married August 28,2010, in Rosewood Baptist Church. Rev. Kevin Phillips performed the double–ring ceremony. More...
Dave Nidiffer threw for 283 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions to lead the Hammond Skyhawks to a 42–0 season–opening blanking of the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at Edens Field on Friday, August 27. More...
-ART Village Artists at the Village at Sandhill (I–20 and Clemson Road) will feature new works by four artists at the monthly First Friday, September 3, 6–9 p.m. More...
Saturday mornings are ideal for visiting the Riverbanks Botanical Garden to peek at a garden waking up. On one particular morning a sentinel towered over all the flowering annuals and perennials in the Annual Display of the Walled Garden. More...
We docked two hours earlier than expected. This would give us a little more time to search for Capt. Lightbourn, the slave trader in the town of Nassau on the island of New Providence in the nation of The Bahamas. Most of the Bahamian people live on the 21–by–7–mile New Providence island and 90% of those 170,000 live in Nassau. More...
Main Street United Methodist Church