Richland County tCovenant Road: Police were called to a store at 8 p.m. Tuesday after an irate customer caused a scene and disrupted business. When officers arrived, the clerk told them a woman came in and wanted to make a purchase with a check. The clerk scanned the check into a check approval service, and it was declined. When the […]

Alphabetize the obits! Dear Curmudgeons- It never ceases to amaze me that our local newspaper, The State, cannot always list the obituary write-ups in alphabetical order. Sometimes you have to look on several pages to find your friend’s or loved one’s write-up. What gives? -Just Wondering Dear Just Wondering- We’re guessing our friends at The State do it the most […]

Before Columbia was touted as “famously hot”, generations of city boosters went to great lengths to endorse the benefits of South Carolina’s capital city to visitors near and far. In the decades following the Civil War, promoters increasingly referenced the area’s temperate winter climate as a panacea for all that plagued frostbitten northerners. Thanks to improvements in railroad networks during […]

The Peace Corps was begun with a speech by John F. Kennedy at the University of Michigan in 1960. The President challenged the students to serve their country and the cause of freedom by living and working in developing countries. Since then, more than 210,000 Peace Corps volunteers have worked in 139 countries. The Peace Corps stations volunteers in countries […]

It’s a brand new year, and I have big plans. This is the year I’m going to implement all my previous New Year’s resolutions. This is the year that final seven pounds is going away, and I’m going back to the gym on a regular basis. I’ve missed the gym for a month now, but I’m going back. I’m going […]

It seems after centuries we now have another obscene gesture. Several members of a girls’ high school basketball team have been suspended for posing in a school picture with hands formed in a way deemed unacceptable for polite company. I was taken aback. My stance has always been to keep up with current trends, especially obscene ones. Finding something that […]

I’ve been noticing a disturbing thing on Twitter lately. Apparently, some people like to tweet “sweet nothings” to their significant others. It’s sort of a digital public display of affection. These digital displays are just as bad as when a frisky couple in an adjoining booth at a restaurant is trying to eat each others’ faces while you’re just trying […]