April 16, 2010 RSS feed / News

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tSunset Blvd., 400 block: A man was arrested after a short foot chase at 11 pm Monday. A police car was behind another car when the other car pulled an illegal turn without a signal and acted as if the driver was eluding police. More...

Park Service becomes first in the U.S. to offer separate recycling

By Julia Rogers Hook

The South Carolina State Park Service became the first park system in the country to offer separate recycling services at all the public properties earlier this week. More...

Young men plant The Garden of Hope

Two Brothers Foundation wants to plant a garden in your backyard to feed you and the hungry
By Julia Rogers Hook

The soft breeze mingled the smell of freshly turned dirt with various blooms from the surrounding yards as two brothers were breaking ground for the third garden of hope to be dug in Columbia on April 8. More...

PAALS graduates two teams

Story and photos by Mimi M. Maddock

Two teams completed the Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services (PAALS) training—Grace, a Labrador retriever and her companion Tate, and Copper, a Labradoodle and his companion, Jeff. More...

Ridgeway presents fourth annual... Arts on the Ridge

By Julia Rogers Hook

Sometimes the best things come in small packages. And on May 1 one of those small packages is promising a large day of fun and frivolity. More...

Dreher guys stay in touch

Dreher High School friends (Class of 1972) have held reunions in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. More...

In the Aftermath of Chernobyl’s A-Bomb

By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com

First, there was Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and in 1986, Chernobyl. What has happened in the aftermath of the third atomic bomb blast on Earth? Timothy A. More...

Aline Rucker Coggins celebrates 100 years

By Ann Coggins

The Woman’s Club of Cayce was a special place to be Sunday afternoon, March 21, 2010, for a very special person and honoree, Aline Rucker Collins, who was celebrating her 100th birthday (March 25, 2010). More...

Combat Veterans and their families are welcomed home

Contributed by The Dorn VA Medical Center

The Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, SC, sponsored a Welcome Home Event to honor our OEF/OIF combat Veterans and their families. The event was held at the Riverbanks Zoo on March 24, 2010. More...


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