Shandon UMC is the recipient of the Bishops Five Star Award for Excellence in Evangelism Ministry for the fourth straight year. This is an incredible accomplishment that should be celebrated by all members of the church. This year's award was presented to Dr. Mike Guffee, Rev. More...

SCE&G, part of shareholder- owned Scana Corp., is about to build two new nuclear reactors with its partner Santee Cooper, S.C.'s public utility owned by the state. Together the two units are expected to cost $9.8 billion. The location is the site of the V. C. Summer plant in Jenkinsville, S.C. More...

Georgia Hart; Marina Lomazov, artistic director of the Southeastern Piano Festival; Leslie Wrenn, director of development of the festival; and Susan Robinson gather after the first performance of the Southeastern Piano Festival, June 8, 2008. More...

Computer geeks used to be just that…computer geeks. Now, thanks to our complete dependence on technology, computer geeks can be super heroes and knights in shining armor or whatever brings to mind something or someone coming to the rescue. More...

Trailing 7- 1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Richland Post 6 scored twelve runs in the final three innings to secure a 13- 11 victory over visiting Lexington Post 7. The comeback was a total team effort with eight players driving in the dozen runs, highlighted by Kevin O'Quinn's two- run homer in the seventh. More...

Perry McLeod, a US and World History teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, has been named South Carolina History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Preserve America. McLeod will receive a $1,000 honorarium and will be in the running for the National History Teacher of the Year Award to be selected this fall. More...

By Warner M.Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com Show me your cemeteries, and I will tell you what kind of people you have. - Benjamin Franklin I see cemeteries as history books, each gravestone a footnote in a person's life. More...

-ART Mays Park will hold Summer Art Camps June 23- 27, July 7- 11, July 14- 18, July 21- 25, and July 28- Aug. 1, 10 am- noon. www.columbiasc.net Columbia Museum of Art is now hosting Constantine Manos's A Greek Portfolio. More...

Roll call City council convened around 9 am Wednesday, June 11, on the third floor of City Hall. Council member E.W. Cromartie was absent, and council members Anne Sinclair and Tameika Isaac Devine had to depart at 9:35, leaving four members: Daniel Rickenmann, Sam Davis, Mayor Bob Coble, and Kirkman Finlay III. More...

_____________________________ NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that Steak Carolina, LLC intends to apply to the South Carolina Department of Revenue for a license/permit that will allow the sale on premises consumption of Beer, Wine, and Liquor at 5 Lake Carolina Way Suite 160, Columbia, SC 29229. More...

Some like it hot and dry. A fiesta of drought tolerant plants common to the desert southwest but well suited for South Carolina landscapes is displayed at Riverbanks Botanical Garden. The garden grows several small varieties of agave along with the famous American agave or century plant. More...