March 28, 2008 RSS feed / Business

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Make the time fit the crime

By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
South Carolina Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster wants to reduce the state's prison population and shrink the system's overhead, all the while administering more suitable sentencing to felons. The U.S. More...

Economic stimulus for seniors

Contributed by Lt.Governor's Office on Aging

Question: have been hearing on the news lately about the economic stimulus check the Internal Revenue Service is sending out this year. I am confused. Will seniors get this rebate? More...

Mark Plessinger of Frame of Mind

Star Profile
Story and Photo by John Temple Ligon

A new shop selling glasses frames, Frame of Mind, opened recently at 1520 Main Street, about halfway between Rising High and the curb at Taylor Street. Across the street is the Columbia Museum of Art. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Charleston commuter rail feasible Charleston has found the cost of widening the interstate from Summerville by two lanes could cost $45 million per mile, which comes to $1 billion for the 21- mile connector. More...

Folks about town

Major Randy Scott of the Richland County Sheriff's Department Uniform Patrol Division has graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigations, National Academy Program. The Annual Statewide Read- In coordinated by the S.C. More...

Food service sales cooking at CMCC

Contributed by Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

The Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center (CMCC) celebrated a record number March 25. The CMCC generated more revenue in the first quarter of 2008 in food service than in any quarter since the convention center opened in September, 2004. More...


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