My wife and I have been on a handful of dates since the birth of our first child over seven years ago. So with an average of less than one date a year, I don More...

Americans are six percent or less of the world More...

Warner M. Montgomery In a rush to reform the federal intelligence apparatus, Congress has passed a sweeping new bill that contains provisions for a de facto national ID card. The 3,000 More...

Roll Call Members present were Anthony Mizzell, Greg Pearce, Doris Corley, Joyce Dickerson, Valerie Hutchinson, Damon Jeter, Paul Livingston, Joseph McEachern, Michael Montgomery, and Bernice Scott. Kit Smith was absent. More...

Soybean update Last week we broke the story of the discovery of Asian soybean rust in our fields. The rust presumably came from South America by way of Hurricane Ivan. The Agriculture Department More...

Contributed by Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC Cynthia Durham Blair, a real estate attorney in the office of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, was installed January 5, 2005, as president More...

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Dance Columbia City Ballet will hold auditions January 16 for its upcoming production of More...

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Each week The Columbia Star features an explanation and picture of a mystery plant given by Dr. John Nelson, the curator of the USC Herbarium. To learn more about the Herbarium, call him at 777-8196. More...