South Carolinians will have the opportunity to see a Palmetto State history sleuth in action on PBS's popular series, "The History Detectives," airing at 9 pm Monday, September 7 on SC- ETV. Dr. Jonathan Leader, a University of South Carolina researcher and state archaeologist, will be featured for his work on a Civil War mystery. More...

Last week on Wednesday evening, August 26, the impressive scale of Aspyre apartments lent an attitude of aspirations among the members of the local chapter of the Urban Land Institute, the cooperative organizational arm of real estate developers. More...

Mr. and Mrs. William Jones Bates Jr. announce the engagement of their daughter, Susan Elliott Bates, to Paul Anderson Cooper II. The bride- elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Henry Dangerfield and the late Mr. Dangerfield of Pinopolis, South Carolina. Her paternal grandparents are Mrs. Martin Luther Ackerman and the late Mr. More...

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On Thursday August 27, the Lower Richland Diamond Hornets defeated the Dreher Blue Devils 34- 7 at Memorial Stadium. The Blue Devils trailed 13- 7 at halftime, but a flurry of points in the second half by Lower Richland put the game out of reach. More...

Killian Elementary School, 2621 Clemson Road, needs volunteers to work with students in their REACH (Readers Enthusiastic About Climbing Higher) program. More...

Linda says she married me because I liked to travel. I married her because she agreed to travel to places I chose. More...

The name alone says it all about one of the most scenic and captivating green places in South Carolina - Sparkleberry Swamp, part of the Upper Santee Swamp and located at the bottom of the COWASEE Basin. For those of you who are botantically- challenged, sparkleberry is a bush or tree sized member of the blueberry family that grows in sandy soils. More...

The Saluda Shoals Foundation and Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission are pleased to announce 30 artists have been selected to participate in unearth at Saluda Shoals Park on October 4, 2009 from 1- 5 pm. More...

Roll call Chair Paul Livingston, Joyce Dickerson, Val Hutchinson, Norman Jackson, Gwendolyn Kennedy, Bill Malinowski, Jim Manning, Greg Pearce, Kit Smith, and Kelvin Washington were present. Vice Chair Damon Jeter was absent. 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...

Plants that do well in August are tough as nails, and you want to cultivate their company in the garden. One of the troopers of the summer garden is soapwort, Saponaria officionalis, also known as bouncing bet, bruisewort, farewell summer, soaproot, latherwort, and old maid's pink. The Latin genus name means soap. All parts of the plants can be made into a lathering soap. More...