Happy Fiscal New Year!
By Josh Cruse | June 30, 2022
Happy Fiscal New Year! Break out the champaign flutes. Gather around with your friends and neighbors. Break out in renditions of Auld Lang Syne. Ok, while the start of a...
Columbia Arts Academy debuts Elvis tribute
June 30, 2022
Columbia Arts Academy will debut its new Elvis tribute Saturday, July 2, 8:30 p.m., at Art Bar, 1211 Park Street. Bernie Love will feature longtime Columbia music scene veterans Jay...
Lake Murray’s 4th of July celebration will light up the sky July 2
June 30, 2022
Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board will host the annual 4th of July Celebration on Lake Murray Saturday, July 2. The annual boat parade will take place at noon...
Columbiapedia social campaign tests local celebrity knowledge of Columbia
Contributed by Khali Gallman | June 30, 2022
Think you know everything about Columbia? Watch Columbiapedia and find out. Launched June 27, Columbiapedia will explore weekly everything alphabetically...
Dominion Energy South Carolina offers tips for managing energy usage during summer
Contributed by Dominion Energy South Carolina | June 30, 2022
As the arrival of summer brings higher temperatures and higher energy usage, Dominion Energy offers tips to help conserve energy...
Fort Jackson is bringing back its firework celebration July 2
Contributed by Leslie Ann “LA” Sully | June 30, 2022
Fort Jackson’s friends and neighbors are invited to share, once again, in the evening’s festivities. “You asked for it and...
Razor Blades and Water
Mike Cox
mwc0423@gmail.com | June 30, 2022
The first time corporations decided to lie to consumers and profit from the result was when Lambert Pharmacal Company marketed...
CREW Midlands-SC offers mid-year membership special
Contributed by CREW Midlands-SC | June 30, 2022
CREW Midlands-SC is offering a mid-year membership special to join the local chapter of CREW Network, the leading global business...
Oh Lord! Flies!
Julia Rogers Hook
jrhook@thecolumbiastar.com | June 23, 2022
Remember the Bible story about Noah, the guy who built the ark and took two of all of earth’s creatures...
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
June 30, 2022
Beau Good and Tristan Lee have joined NAI Columbia as summer interns. William H. Floyd III has been named The...
U-Haul supports local business in West Columbia
Contributed by Mason Berke | June 30, 2022
U-Haul Company of South Carolina, Inc. has announced 2 Blessed Storage LLC signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer to...
Ritedose employees get help with gas prices
Contributed by Bob McAlister | June 30, 2022
The more than 450 employees at The Ritedose Corporation in Columbia are getting relief from high gas prices. Jody Chastain,...
Alumni to honor Arpad Darazs centennial
Contributed by Sharon Altman | June 30, 2022
Generations of University of South Carolina Concert Choir alumni from across the nation will gather in Columbia for a weekend...
Art show Stardust opens July 10 at 701 Whaley
Contributed by Linda Toro | June 23, 2022
Artist Lindsay Radford Wiggins’ show, Stardust, will be featured at the hallway gallery at 701 Whaley Street July 10–August 27....
Enter a whole new world with Workshop Theatre as it presents Aladdin JR.
Contributed by Jeni McCaughan | June 16, 2022
Disney’s Aladdin JR. will be performed at Workshop Theatre June 16–19. Show times are Thursday, June 16 at 7 p.m.;...
Miss Schofer and Mr. Jeter plan to marry in August
June 23, 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Craig Anyan of Lilburn, Georgia, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Schofer of Kennesaw, Georgia, announce...
Brookhaven Yard of the Month
June 23, 2022
Brookhaven HOA’s Brookhaven Community Beautiful Yard of the Month for May was awarded to the Donovan’s on Wing Stripe Court.
Everyone can vote
June 16, 2022
Seniors from Wildewood Downs with mobility issues were able to vote Tuesday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church from the...
Lexington Two announces Teachers of the Year, support staff winners
Contributed by Dawn Kujawa | June 30, 2022
Lexington Two has announced the winners of Teacher of the Year and Support Staff of the Year for the district’s...
Richland Two schedules annual registration nights
Contributed by Ishmael Tate | June 30, 2022
Annual Registration Nights will be held from 5–8 p.m. on the dates below at either R2i2 located at 763 Fashion...
Richland One still registering students for Pre-K
Contributed by Angela Crosland | June 30, 2022
Registration is still open for Richland One’s traditional pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs for the 2022-2023 school year. Richland One offers free,...
Fort Jackson is bringing back its firework celebration July 2
Contributed by Leslie Ann “LA” Sully | June 23, 2022
Fort Jackson’s friends and neighbors are invited to share, once...
Jenkins returns to lead Dreher
June 23, 2022
The Dreher Blue Devil offseason got quite the boost in late February when it was announced former Blue Devil Corey Jenkins was returning to lead the football program. It was...
Dorsey building a foundation at Post 215
June 23, 2022
When Richland Post 215 head coach Chris Dorsey considered what life would be like when his youngest son, Cannon, left the house later this summer he knew he had to...
Floyd ushers in new era of A.C. Flora football
June 16, 2022
Two losses by a total of two points is the story of A.C. Flora’s 2021 football season. Could the Falcons have defended their 2020 state championship if they had overcome...
Pet of the Week
June 23, 2022
Bella is the City of Columbia’s adoptable pet of the week. She may weigh only 39 lbs. but this three-year-old packs a big personality. She fancies herself a bit of...
Pet of the Week
June 16, 2022
Shamrock is the City of Columbia’s adoptable pet of the week. This three-year-old cat was living outside but is now looking for an indoor home. Please refer to ID number...
Bringing hope to animals in need—fostering
By Phyllis Beasley, CPDT-KA, FFCP Owner/Lead Trainer, Praise Dog Training www.PraiseYourDogTraining.com | June 9, 2022
We see the social media posts: “Rescue needed ASAP;” “Dog needs help ASAP;” ”Dog must have foster in 24 hours.” There are so many pets in shelters and rescues that...
Under the Tuscan Spell— The great cathedral, il Duomo
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | June 30, 2022
Most cities have three main centers—political, religious, and commercial. Columbia, S.C.’s capital city founded as the U.S.’s first planned city in 1790, had places designated for these major functions of...
Under the Tuscan Spell— David Rules!
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | June 23, 2022
On our first day in Florence, the first thing we did was go to the Galleria dell’ Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David. We walked briskly hoping to beat the crowds....
Under the Tuscan Spell—La dolce vita begins in Firenze
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | June 16, 2022
In his book Too Much Tuscan Sun, Dario Castagno tells of an American couple who traveled to Italy “to visit an art city called Florence, but they couldn’t find it...
Star Chefs
allrecipes.com | June 30, 2022
Marinated Cucumber, Onion, and Tomato Salad 1 cup water ½ cup distilled white vinegar ¼ cup vegetable oil ¼ cup sugar 1 tsp. salt, or to taste 1 tsp. freshly...
Perennials for Shade
By Arlene Marturano SCGardenLearning
on Facebook | June 23, 2022
Horticulturists and landscape designers match plants to the light conditions they need, but consumers can be confused by terms on plant tags citing those conditions. What is “full sun,” “partial...
Notice to Creditors of Estates
June 30, 2022
All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their...
Master’s Sales
June 30, 2022
MASTER’S SALE C/A#2020CP4000323 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. vs. Donna R. Bass; South Carolina Department of Revenue; , I, the...
