For the average person, zooming down a 660–foot long drag race strip at speeds in excess of 170 miles per hour might cause just a touch of anxiety.
For Columbia resident Gilbert “Rock” Jacobs III, it’s his favorite kind of stress relief. More...
The most popular Halloween event in the midlands is back again! The 7th Annual Boo at the Zoo kicked off last weekend and will be back in full swing this Friday. Visit our website for the rest of the story at www.thecolumbiastar. com. More...
With tennis racquets in hand, Hammond School is ready to rally for a cure for breast cancer.
On October 25 from 2–6 pm, Hammond’s tennis teams are holding a fundraiser to benefit the Susan G. Komen fund, a silent auction and roundrobin tournament for both adults and juniors. More...
The South Carolina State Supreme Court convened Monday afternoon at 2:30 to hear about Governor Sanford’s request to keep the state Ethics Commission’s findings under cover. More...
The State's editorial claim Sept. 28 that it will take only $2 million annually to run the proposed homeless shelter is wishful thinking. The Midlands Housing Alliance’s own study of the Miami shelter found that ongoing operations there cost over $11 million while serving just 130 more people than have been projected for Columbia. So let’s not kid ourselves. More...
Don’t look now, but the Richland Northeast Cavaliers are on the march. The Cavaliers started the season 0–4, but have since won their fourth in a row with a 24–19 victory over the visiting Dutch Fork Silver Foxes Friday, October 16. More...
This is the last article in the COWASEE Basin Focus Area series. I hope you all have enjoyed reading them half as much as I’ve enjoyed writing them. Even though I grew up in Columbia and thought I knew something about the history, both natural and human of this wonderful area, it has been exciting to discover how much I didn’t know. More...
-ART Columbia Museum of Art will present The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
Collection: Fifty Works for
Fifty States October 23–January 17 at 1515 Main Street. 799-2810.
Columbia Museum of Art will host Ansel Adams: Masterworks October 23–January 17 at 1515 Main Street. 799-2810.
South Carolina Museum More...
F29-04565 TO THE DEFENDANTS, ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint along with the Notice to Appoint Guardian Ad Litem for defendant in the military in the above entitled action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at their office, 1300 Pickens Street, Columbia, South Carolina, within thirty (30) da More...
“Explore General Marion and the Southern Campaign” was the theme of the 7th Annual Francis Marion Symposium held in Manning October 16–17. The event was organized by Carole and George Summers of the Swamp Fox Murals Trail Society.
The speakers were More...
Hammond School’s tennis teams hold fundraiser to raise funds for breast cancer research