Contributed by Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity
For the next week, Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity, the Richland County Bar Association along with other members of the legal community, will be building a house in a downtown Columbia parking lot at 1010 Lady Street. More...
Cover Girls and Car Crashes Dear Grumpy, A young lady was putting on her make-up while driving and following close behind me...She nearly rear-ended me several times! Please, don’t mascara and drive! -Avoiding Cover Girl Cars Dear Avoiding- More...
Here’s to another week of celebrating Historic Preservation Month! Without maintaining important links to our past, so much of what has made Columbia and Richland County unique would be lost. More...
Columbia City Council held its monthly meeting Tuesday, May 21. Council members present were Moe Baddourah, Cameron Runyan, Leona Plaugh, Sam Davis, Tameika Isaac Devine, Brian Newman, and Mayor Steve Benjamin. More...
Authors, publishers, retail book sellers, bloggers, social media marketers, those who love to read, and those who love to write gathered at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center this past weekend for the 17th Annual SC Book Festival. More...
Leah Hyatt Peace has been named public relations coordinator at Palmetto Health Foundation. Marcia Brevard Wynn, Ph. D. has joined Providence Hospitals Development Foundation as grant writer. More...
Harry Heyward Hornsby died at his home Tuesday May 14, 2013, surrounded by his wife and children after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. More...
An era of giving and remembering came to a full-circle conclusion as the final Sam Bernstein Scholarship Award was given to a most deserving Richland Northeast High School graduating senior. More...
Contributed by The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Science Academy
It is with great sorrow that The Board of Directors of the South Carolina Science Academy announces the death of our executive director and chairman of the Board Nathan Yon. Mr. More...
•ANIMALS Doggone Days of Summer Camp, sponsored by PAALS, the Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services, two weeks of service dog camp for youth, ages 11-14 and for youth with disabilities ages 11-19, will be held at Lonnie B. More...
Pleasant surprises surround us everyday. While making a plant survey at a home in Forest Acres, I saw a delightful small waxy yellow flower with petals rimmed in burgundy on an evergreen shrub. More...
• Garden Like A Master: Tomatoes Tuesday May 28, Pelion Branch Library, 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Come learn how to grow the best tomatoes in the Midlands. More...
The Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), a peer advisory group for million dollar plus womenled companies, is proud to announce Lorie Gardner, CEO, Mad Monkey Productions, as the newest member of the Columbia, SC Chapter of the WPO. More...
Hundreds piled into room 410 at the Solomon Blatt building at 2:30 May 21, 2013. There were so many, mostly opposed to the H-3492, they had to move to a larger room due to fire regulations. More...
Passalong plants bring lasting beauty to southern gardens. Connie Stamm of Fort Mill has peonies, whose offshoots have traveled thousands of miles in their peregrinations across the country. More...
Interim Columbia Police Chief Ruben Santiago announces the Columbia Police Department (CPD) has partnered with the University of South Carolina (USC) to implement a data-driven approach to policing. More...
Contributed by Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina
Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina honored Virgil C. Summer and Crandall Close Bowles as 2013 laureates at the annual South Carolina Business Hall of Fame held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center May 23, 2013. More...
As spring brings out the blooms and the longer days, I know my husband Marty is just itching to go fishing and get out on the lakes and rivers or even deep sea fishing. More...
Lib was the smartest girl I had yet encountered. She was serious, mature, and actually considered her words before speaking. I never heard a giggle or saw her mindlessly flirt like others in her peer group. More...
Contributed by Girl Scouts of South Carolina—Mountains to Midlands
Thirty-two high achieving Girl Scouts who demonstrated extraordinary leadership through initiating and completing community service projects were recognized with the prestigious Gold Award at Presbyterian College Sunday, May 5. More...
Thirty Richland Two students received Turnaround Achievement Awards during a ceremony Tuesday, May 14, at 4:30 p.m. at Polo Road Elementary School. More...
The start of the 2013- 14 school year will find seven familiar Richland Two administrators and principals in new positions around the district. An additional two will begin new appointments in January 2014. More...
Story and Photos by Mike Maddock mikem@thecolumbiastar.com
After losing game one 7-4 to the Wilson Hall Barons of the SCISA 3A baseball championship series, the Hammond Skyhawks found themselves down 11-4 going into the bottom of the sixth inning of game two on May 14. More...
Down to their last six outs and facing an eight run deficit, the A.C. Flora Falcons’ chances of taking game one of the 3A state championship series looked grim. More...
The Nickelodeon Theater, Columbia’s only non-profit art house film theater, was recently awarded the Historic Preservation award for Preservation/Restoration by the Historic Columbia Foundation. More...
By Warner M. Montgomery WarnerM@ TheColumbiaStar.com
Early South Carolinians were great dreamers. Henry Mouzon Jr. was commissioned in 1773 to survey routes from Charleston to the mountains. He recommended that a canal be constructed to connect the Santee and Cooper rivers. More...
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of R More...