Ananda is an ancient sanskrit word meaning joyful or bliss. That is exactly the word Brenda Tobin was searching for when choosing a name for her goat yoga business. Goats are ananda. More...
The South Carolina Secretary of State (SOS) has won the 2018 International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) Merit Award for its Online Business Entities Filing, Search and Document Retrieval System. More...
Nearly 200 small business owners gathered for the Office of Business Opportunities’ 6th Annual Small Business Week Conference May 3 at the Columbia Metropolitan Center. More...
AMC Harbison 14, the theatre, which completed its renovation project last week, has undergone a complete transformation, enhancing every part of the movie-going experience. More...
Camden sawmill expanding production Canfor Southern Pine is spending $40 million on an upgrade to its Camden sawmill that will increase product ion capaci ty by 50 percent. More...
Musicians with Airport and Brookland-Cayce high schools have earned top performance assessment honors in recent days. Airport’s Varsity Orchestra was awarded the highest Superior rating during the SCMEA Concert More...
Tanner Garrison hit a game-tying three-run double and Gage Jeffcoat brought home courtesy runner Shane O’Connor one out later to lead the Cardinal Newman Cardinals to a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the visiting Wilson Hall Barons in game o More...
Story and Photos by Mike Maddock mikem@thecolumbiastar.com
The Ben Lippen Falcons scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh on May 8 to beat Laurence Manning 5-4 and complete a two-game sweep of the Swampcats. More...
The Heathwood Hall girls’ track team won the SCISA 3A State Championship in Charleston on Saturday, May 5 led by outstanding performances by four seniors. More...
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. WarnerM@TheColumbiaStar.com
Lithuania has had it rough. After emerging as a major power in Eastern Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, it suffered invasions from Germans, Mongols, and Tatars. More...
The restoration of Shandon Presbyterian Church’s sanctuary was among several Midlands projects that received 2018 Preservation Awards from Historic Columbia. More...
By Bob Gardner, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Jerome Singleton, Commissioner of the South Carolina High School League
One of the responsibilities parents take most seriously is protecting their children from injury, whether it is buckling seat belts in a car or wearing a helmet while riding a bike. More...
The state of Utah, having solved all other existing problems, recently passed a bill approving Free Range Parenting. If you are unfamiliar with the term, you’re probably older than 50. More...
When I was little there was a Mother’s Day tradition in our church that if your mother was alive, you wore a red rose, and if your mother had passed you wore white. More...
Valarie Ann Bush, whose feisty personality, strict moral code, and love of flip-flops were her trademarks in life, died of a heart attack Monday, April 30. She was 63. Valarie was born March 5, 1955, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. More...
Gifted with her hands, Stephanie Alexander has dedicated her talent as a quilter in fellowship with other volunteers to honor military veterans for their service by gifting them with “Quilts of Valor,” in warm appreciation for their servi More...
International Paper and Historic Columbia announced plans to open Kensington, located on the property of IP’s Eastover, S.C. Paper Mill, for public tours June 9, 2018. More...
•AUDITIONS Columbia Children’s Theatre (CCT) will hold auditions for its 2018-19 Season Sunday, May 13 and Monday May 14, 6–8 p.m., 3400 Forest Drive in Richland Mall. jerry@columbiachildrenstheatre.com. •CHURCH/CHARITY More...
The sixth annual installment of the Southeastern art competition, ArtFields®, culminated with an awards ceremony honoring competition prize winners who took home more than $120,000 in total cash prizes. Michaela Pilar Brown of Columbia was the More...
As you travel the interstates around Columbia, you may have noticed the colonies of bright yellow flowers covering the banks of the cloverleaf entrance and exit ramps. More...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY U-HAUL of South Carolina Notice is here by given that the undersigned will sell to satisfy the lien of More...
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