My wife often wonders why I find bodily functions so amusing. She doesn't understand how I could possibly consider movies like Dumb and Dumber and Happy Gilmore to be classics. More...

George Washington Carver is probably rolling over in his grave. Peanut butter has turned deadly. More...

Global Warming Orthodoxy Notwithstanding the ongoing hysteria in the media and academia regarding global warming, the earth has been warming for 10,000 years (Holocene Transgression) since the last ice age. More...

Roll call Joe McEachern, Joyce Dickerson, Val Hutchinson, Norman Jackson, Damon Jeter, Bill Malinowski, Mike Montgomery, Greg Pearce, Bernice Scott, and Kit Smith were present. Paul Livingston was absent. More...

Roll call The West Columbia City Council meeting began shortly after 6 pm, March 6, 2007. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Bobby Horton. More...

Nancy Pierce Little, a sixth- grade world history teacher at Crayton Middle School, has been selected to participate in the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) Study Tour on Economic Education in Romania in March. More...

Crayton Middle School's MATHCOUNTS team placed first out of 20 public and private schools at Dutch Fork Middle School on Saturday, Feb. 17. More...

The actors at Dreher High School excelled at the Palmetto Dramatics/South Carolina International Thespian State Theatre competition Feb. 23- 25, 2007. The event hosted over 30 high schools from all over S.C. at converse College. More...

The Cardinal Newman Lady Cardinals outshot the Ben Lippen Lady Falcons 17- 10 in a Tuesday, March 13 soccer match at Ben Lippen, but still needed two overtimes and penalty kicks to defeat the Lady Falcons 2- 1. More...

Fans who missed the first five minutes of the Cardinal Newman Cardinals' and Ben Lippen Falcons' soccer match Tuesday, March 13 at Ben Lippen missed a significant part of the action. More...

ANIMALS Greyhound Lifesavers will be at the Harbison Petsmart Sat., March 17, 11 am- 3 pm. Contact Judy Horton, 957-3866 or www.greyhoundlifesavers.org. ART The H.E. More...

Project Pet is a private, non- profit charitable organization partnered with local municipal shelters. They rely solely on individual and corporate donations made to them to support the annual operations. More...

Set another place at the dinner table! Pets are about to receive a freshly delivered meal. Local recipients of Meals On Wheels who have pets can now receive pet food in addition to their meals. More...

Project Pet and honored guests celebrated life for the companion animals of the Midlands with Philip T. Myers performing at the Newberry Opera House Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007. More...