This partying lifestyle of mine is just about to wear me out. I went to three parties a couple of weekends ago and another two parties the weekend after that. It's exhausting, and I don't think I can keep up with this frenetic pace. Maybe I could hang back in college, but I'm nearly 40 now, and my body just can't take it anymore. More...

Extracted from www.capnbilly.com/hansomwheels.htm by Billy Rawl, spokesman for The Hansom Wheels The Hansom Wheels was created by Rev. E. Wayne Wall, BSI, aka "Holy Peters," in the early 1970s. Initially there were no regular members other than the good Reverend himself, but in early 1977 he joined with Dr. G. B. More...

Congressman Joe Wilson last week held a West Columbia press conference just off Highway 378 next to the south entry to the Riverbanks Zoo. Wilson recalled a few accomplishments from the 109th Congress: + The Military Commissions Act established tribunals for trying terrorists. More...

2006 returns The Charlotte Observer recently listed the 50 largest publicly traded companies in the Carolinas as measured by revenue. The companies were ranked by total return, counting stock price and dividends. Among the 50, 10 were in S.C.: (6) Centerplate, Spartanburg, +63.54%; (15) Sonoco Products, Hartsville, +33.24%; (21) Advance America, Spartanburg, +21. More...

Senior Assistant City Attorney Kenneth E. Gaines has been elected secretary/treasurer of the South Carolina Municipal Attorneys Association, and Assistant City Attorney Dana Marie Thye has been elected to represent the South Carolina Municipal Attorneys Association's 5th Circuit on its Board of Directors. More...

The Richland Northeast Cavaliers sank five three- pointers and used a potent inside game to defeat the visiting C.A. Johnson Green Hornets 51- 29 Tuesday Jan. 2. C.A. Johnson held a 5- 4 lead three minutes into the game, but after that it was all Cavaliers. More...

Animals Greyhound Lifesavers will be at the Harbison Petsmart, Jan. 20, 11 am- 3 pm. Contact Judy Horton, 957-3866 or www.greyhoundlifesavers.org. BOOKS USC will host The James Dickey Conference Jan. 19- 20, Pat Conroy will speak Sat., Jan. 20, 4 pm in the Belk Auditorium of the Moore School of Business. Contact Dr. William Thesing, 777-7073 or JamesDickey.org. More...

- Tom Mancke On October 27, 2006, the Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club sponsored an expedition to historical and archaeological sites along the Wateree River. The first stop was the Adamson Mounds Site. More...

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, 56-5-5635 and/or 29-15-10 SC Law as Amended; and are in the custody of More...

Most Americans will be familiar with this species as a showy, somewhat exotic aquatic plant. Its leaf stalks arise here and there along the submerged rhizomes, eventually rising three or four feet above the water, unfurling a bright green, smooth leaf whose blade is circular and appears much like an umbrella. More...