Photo by John Temple Ligon FN Manufacturing and W. Thomas Smith Jr. received the Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston Award for "noble service to country in peace and war, superior leadership and tireless support of the 2010 National Medal of Honor Convention." Pictured l- r are Gene Rogers, chairman of the NMOHC and founding partner with Rogers Townsend Thomas PC; W. Thomas Smith Jr., journalist and military analyst; Jean- Louis Vanderstraeten, president of Belgium- based FN Manufacturing; and Columbia's Chuck Murray, Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Also in attendance was Columbia's John Baker, Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War. The NMOHC will be held in Charleston, September 29 through October 3, 2010, honoring the 97 living recipients of the Medal of Honor. For further information, go to medalofhonorconvention.com. More...

The annual Business Leadership Dinner put on by USC's Moore School of Business was held last Friday, April 24, inside The Zone above the end zone seats at Williams- Brice Stadium. The crowd had cocktails and conversation for the first hour, followed by comments by Dean Hildy Teegen. More...

Funeral Services for Nancy Hook Boozer, 65, were held at Incarnation Lutheran Church, 3005 Devine Street, on Tuesday, April 28 at 3 pm with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation was held at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, on Monday, April 27 from 5 to 8 pm. More...

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The Cardinal Newman Cardinals came into their contest at Heathwood Hall on Friday, April 24 knowing that a win would give them a second chance to make the SCISA baseball playoffs and that a loss would send them home once again. More...

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Egypt was never an all- Muslim country. The ancient pharaohs believed in a panoply of gods who ruled events on earth. Then, in a strange turn of events around 1352 BC, Chief God Aten morphed briefly into the Only God under Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti. Soon after this, Moses led his fellow enslaved monotheists on the exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. More...

Meander: a windin g path or course, similar to the turns of a winding stream or river. Conway, S.C. is no stranger to meandering. Trips through beautiful neighborhoods reveal roads that meander past its oldest living residents, majestic live oaks replete with Spanish moss. More...

Whoo- ee- pig- sewie! Calling all BBQ lovers! It's the 22nd year and "We hear rumbling." Join Carolina Children's Home for its 22nd Annual BBQ Cook- Off Festival at the SC State Fairgrounds, Gate 11 May 15 and 16. A longtime tradition, Friday night's "Save the Pigs" party is an anything but pork event. More...

The Columbia Council of Neighborhoods met Thursday April 23. Gail Baker announced the Ribs 'N Renaissance festival being held at Eau Claire High School on May 30. Bessie Watson announced the Columbia Council of Neighborhood's Banquet and Awards ceremony will be May 9 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln Street. More...

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, More...

Parking their vehicles along Seminole, Choctaw, and Mohawk Streets in West Columbia, droves of plant pilgrims plodded on foot pulling roll carts and wagons and carrying totes and crates to the annual botanical garden spring plant sale at Riverbanks Growing Center. More...