On Thursday, October 16, over 250 Edens & Avant employees weren't working real estate deals. Instead, in what was themed "Operation: Footprint," these employees made an impression in their communities by picking up trash, painting pumpkins with hospitalized children, pulling weeds, roofing Habitat... More...

In case it isn't too obvious, The Columbia Star is celebrating its 45th birthday today, October 24. A little less obvious is this particular day is also my birthday. I'm 39. This birthday has proven to be bit stranger than most. For starters, anytime I tell someone older than I that I've turned 3... More...

The Brookland- Cayce Bearcats scored 21 points off Dreher turnovers to defeat the visiting Blue Devils 24- 7 on October 17 at the Cage. The Bearcats earned their fourth win of the year with three different players scoring touchdowns in the pouring rain. More...

Crayton Middle School dance teacher Katy Strickland has been named the 2008-2009 South Carolina Dance Educator of the Year by the South Carolina Dance Association. Strickland, who has been teaching dance at Crayton for four years, has been dancing since she was three- years- old. More...

After Linda and I checked in the Jefferson House B&B in Natchitoches, Louisiana, I took a walk around town. Outside of the Immaculate Conception Church (est. 1728) I met Herman, a Catholic monk who had been at the church since he gave up wealth and position for piety and poverty 14 years before. More...

All Richland One students and their families are invited to celebrate the joy of reading at Reading Rocks, the district's annual literacy extravaganza, on Saturday, October 25, 9 am to 12:30 pm on the Olympia Learning Center campus, 621 Bluff Road. More...

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

MASTER'S SALE 08-CP-40-2450 By virtue of a decree heretofore granted in the case of Abbeville Savings and Loan Association, against A to Z Construction, LLC; William T. Wichlei; and Linda J. Wichlei, et al. More...

Two years ago we introduced readers to the house that Jack built constructed of plants. Globetrotter and native of Poland, Jack Dobosz, recreated his reminiscence of faraway places in the garden caressing his home. What changes have ensued in the past two years in his Chicago garden? More...