Family Connection of South Carolina is kicking off its month-long LOOK! Forward photography exhibit in the Midlands with an opening event and auction Saturday, April 8, from 6–9 p.m. at Tapp’s Arts Center in downtown Columbia. Family Connection is a statewide nonprofit founded in 1989 by South Carolina parents who have children with disabilities and special needs. These parents realized […]
NAMIWALKS 2017 Mid-Carolina raises awareness for mental health
NAMI (National Alliance for Mental Illness) Mid-Carolina exists to serve individuals, families, providers, educators, and members of the community suffering from mental illness. This year NAMIWALKS 2017 was held at Finlay Park in Columbia April 1, 2017. The fundraising goal was $75,000 and as of Monday, April 3, over $69,749 had been raised. Over 49 teams participated in the NAMIWALKS […]
City of Columbia to host USC basketball parade Sunday
Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin and the City of Columbia will commemorate the University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball team’s NCAA National Championship with a parade Sunday, April 9 at 3 p.m. on Main Street. “These incredible young ladies and Coach Staley secured the bag by bringing home a national championship, and the entire community wants to congratulate them on their […]
Popular Elmwood Cemetery tours return
In honor of one of Historic Columbia’s most popular tours returning next week, here are some highlights of just a few of the countless interesting stories hidden in the historic Elmwood Cemetery. • James Henley Thornwell was a professor at South Carolina College who joined the faculty in 1837 and replaced William Campbell Preston as the institution’s president. Thornwell’s term […]
Quirky Crimes in the Capital City
Richland County Bethel Church Road: A man was arrested at 5 a.m. Sunday after police received a call about a suspicious vehicle in the area. When the officers arrived, they saw the man driving slowly up and down the street with his lights flashing on and off. As they watched and waited, the driver drove away from the scene and […]
ASK US AT THE STAR
Please provide a history of the anti-smoking movement.Until the 1950s, cigarette smoking was considered cool and glamorous with James Dean and Humphrey Bogart frequently seen smoking and Audrey Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich looking sophisticated with cigarettes in hand. However, as early as 1951, a study in Great Britain made the connection between lung cancer and smoking. In 1961, the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association […]
Staying mad for a really long time
It’s not a criticism; It’s an observationI made an innocent mistake that was blown wildly out of proportion. At the urging of a former girlfriend of mine, the Love of my Life traveled from the church sponsored all-night bowling event to the dance floor of the local Elks Club. Broke up with me in mid-frug. Beaver and the girls had just dropped by for an evening’s […]
The simple life gone awry
I’m just saying...Something strange happens to me when I try to de-clutter things. I don’t understand it exactly, but it’s like I develop multiple personalities, and they are ALL a little crazy. I literally have a conversation with these various versions of myself! And myself talks back! Lately, there’s a new craze all about decluttering and living with less, and I would […]
Rocking off the couch
40–SomethingWhen I’m trying to run or lift weights, I need my music to kick me in the stretchy pants and scream at me to keep going. I need it to help me fight through the urge— nay— the overwhelming desire to kick off the running shoes and dive onto a couch under a cloud of Cheeto dust. I need my […]
Columbia City Council honors state champs, passes resolutions
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, April 4, Columbia City Council recognized the Lower Richland Boys’ Basketball Team who won the 4A State Championship. Council approved the first reading of an ordinance granting an easement to SCE&G along a portion of city-owned property identified as Columbia Commons Baseball Stadium for the Gregg Street lighting project. It also approved a resolution to […]