Contributed by the Five Points Association www.fivepointscolumbia.com
This year's St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Five Points is right around the corner and promises to be as fun- filled as the previous 24 years. More...
Paula Hayne Bowers, owner of The Artshack and illustrator of Charley's Columbia Backyard , hosted an exhibit the week of Jan. 15, 2007, featuring the artwork of her students. More...
The Palmetto Silver Award, recognizing high levels of academic achievement and high rates of student academic improvement for the 2005- 2006 school year, has been awarded to Killian Elementary School; One of three elementary schools to b More...
The following Ridge View High School art students recently won awards in The Scholastic Art Awards of South Carolina 2007: Mrs. Casey's students 1. Darryl Brown Certificate of Merit 2. More...
Photos and Story By Mike Maddock Mike@TheColumbiaStar.com
The Heathwood Hall Highlanders (5- 12, 2- 2) led the visiting Hammond Skyhawks (12- 5, 2- 2) for a total of about one minute in their game Tuesday, Jan. 23, but it was an important minute. More...
Photos and Story By Mike Maddock Mike@TheColumbiaStar.com
The Hammond Lady Skyhawks (8- 12, 2- 2) invaded Heathwood Hall Tuesday, Jan. 23 and used the one- two punch of Ali Hymson and Lauren Smith to knock out the Highlanders (7- 12, 2- 2) 54- 37. More...
Photos and Story By Mike Maddock Mike@TheColumbiaStar.com
Real wrestling is just about as individual a sport as it gets. Even within teams, it's mano a mano on a mat with no place to hide and no help from a teammate. More...
Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com The Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club members walked from the Borough Plantation next door to the historic Miller- Ellison House. More...
Editor's note: Zadok Ekimwere is from Uganda. He is presently a USC graduate student in journalism. These articles are about his first experiences with Americans. More...
MASTER'S SALE 06-CP-40-4609 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of American General Financial Services, Inc., against Christinia L. Dickerson and David P. Dickerson; Citifinancial, Inc. More...
Emily Herring, a senior at A.C. Flora High School, was crowned Miss Falcon the evening of Jan. 18, 2007. She was also named Miss Congeniality. She was escorted by her brother, Ben Herring. Emily is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. More...
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
The Kumbayah Liberals are at it again. Becci Robbins of the S.C. Progressive Network is proposing a Clean Elections Act (www.sc.pronet.com) to stop government corruption. More...
I know I am late in my rebuttal to the story in The Columbia Star July 14, 2006, but this is a perfect time since we are celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. More...
Innovista gets new leader John Parks, formerly the director of the University of Illinois Research Park and most recently the director of the University of Kentucky Research Campus, will become executive director of USC's Innovista a More...
On Thursday, Jan. 18, the first statewide meeting of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), SC Chapter, took place in the Columbia Convention Center on Lincoln Street. More...
Marvin Lowery McCrory was born the fifth of eight children in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, 40 miles from Yazoo City, the home of Harper's Magazine 1970s editor Willie Morris. More...
Lou Nolan feared the prickly feeling she'd experienced a few times on the outer side of her left breast was something else; a heart problem was not what she wasn't thinking. More...
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marshall Kibler announce the engagement of their daughter Sarah Rhett Kibler to Brooks Allen Brewer. The bride- elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rhett Heyward and the late Mr. and Mrs. More...
Contributed by Captain John Chappell Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century
The winter meeting of the Captain John Chappell Chapter, Colonial Dames XVII Century, was held Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, at Spring Valley Country Club with 23 members in attendance. More...
Contributed by Mike Williams Friday, January 26, 2007, will mark the opening of the fifth annual Winter Exhibition at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios featuring South Carolina artists Stephen Chesley, Mike Williams, Edward Wimberl More...
Photos and story by Bob Ford CallTheCops@sc.rr.com
The art of weaving sweetgrass baskets crossed the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa 300 years ago when slave traders brought West Africans to the United States. More...
Winter is a time to remember that natural processes are still occurring, although slowed down a bit. It's also time to remember the days are getting longer, and it won't be too long before more and more flowers will pop out. More...