Historic Columbia offers four beautiful downtown properties to host your next celebration. Whether it’s a fairytale wedding, a staff retreat, a birthday party, or a family reunion—whatever you need, Historic Columbia can accommodate you and your group. Ashlin Reese and Matt Skidmore tied the knot at the beautiful Seibels House & Garden March 23, 2018. When close friends and family […]

Forest Acres Forest Drive: A woman called police at 7:30 p.m. Sunday after she said someone had stolen her phone. The 38-year-old woman told the officers she had been shopping for food at a grocery store, and when she got her groceries in the car, she realized she had left her phone in her cart. She returned to the store […]

I have noticed some raccoons in my neighborhood. Should I be concerned? With the loss of habitat due to urban sprawl, more wild creatures are showing up in the city, but their arrival can bring benefits along with some precautions. While critters like coyotes, fox, raccoons, and opossums can be off-putting to some city dwellers, they can be very beneficial […]

I was sitting in an ophthalmologist’s waiting room. The sty from Hell had finally forced me to call in reinforcements. A weary woman herded three stair-step boys into the office. The oldest appeared to be the patient. He was sluggish compared to his brothers. But I’ve seen dervishes that appeared sluggish when compared to those two. The older boy and […]

I am learning to ride a jet ski. A few years ago, those words would have struck fear into my husband, Marty’s heart but as it turns out, he actually got it for me. I was shocked, to say the least. After all, this is a man who, when I’m doing the driving, is in constant crash mode. His hands […]