Retired partner Edward W. Mullins Jr. was presented the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, for his years of service to the local and legal communities. Mullins, who retired from Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in 2019, received the award from managing partner Jim Lehman during the law firm’s annual partners meeting. Mullins joined the firm in […]
Columbia City Council holds first meeting of 2022
For the first time since 2010 Steve Benjamin was not in the mayor’s seat when the Columbia City Council held its first meeting of the year Tuesday, January 17. For the first time since 2002 Tameika Isaac Devine was not one of the two at large members. For the first time since 1998, Sam Davis was not representing District One. […]
Two Richland One students make All-National Honor Symphony Orchestra
Two Richland One orchestra students are the only ones from South Carolina among 122 nationwide to be selected for the National Association for Music Education (NafMe) All-National Symphony Orchestra. They will participate in the ensemble program virtually January 22-24. At the event, Dreher High School sophomore Samuel Schatz and A.C. Flora High School junior Juliet Swaim will rehearse and attend […]
Bel Air Guinea
Originally published January 7, 2005On our way back to Conakry from Boké, we took a side trip to Bel Air, Guinea’s first attempt at an international casino resort. The name dates back to the 18th century when the Portuguese established a trading post on the Atlantic coast near the mouth of the Rio Pongo. When the commercial traffic moved up the river, Bel Air […]
Sunnybrook
Excerpt No. 56 from Mike Maddock’s novel available now on AmazonEditor’s Note: We are pleased to publish Mike Maddock’s novel, Sunnybrook, in its entirety as a “50 Something” weekly series for 2021. All published excerpts will also be available on our website, www.TheColumbiaStar.com. Chapter 12 Cont’d Mary Katherine and the gang turned their attention to where David and Chris were focused. A couple more seconds passed, then a wet and […]
Pick the right pitcher when pitching in
I’m just saying...My husband, Marty, retired this past summer after over 50-years of working at and ultimately becoming president of his family’s produce business, and ever since, I have had friends cautiously ask me how “things are going.” I’m sure he has friends who do the same and it’s really for good reason. Once you form a “pattern” of sorts in any […]
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
Yvett Helms has joined Colliers South Carolina in the firm’s Columbia office as a property accountant. Venkata Sai Bhavana Chinnakotla, MD has joined Lexington Medical Center’s network of care at Lexington Endocrinology. James A. Wilkins, MD has joined Lexington Medical Center’s network of care at Lexington Family Practice Irmo. OB/GYN Kimberly A. Stone, MD, FACOG has joined Lexington Medical Center’s […]
REAL ESTATE
Colliers South Carolina has announced the following recently completed commercial real estate transactions: Tommy Johnson, SIOR represented Century Credit Corporation and DXC Technology in the sale of an 85-acre office campus consisting of 456,150 square feet of improvements at 10301 Wilson Road in Blythewood to Jack Lingo Asset Management, LLC. Chuck Salley, SIOR; Dave Mathews, SIOR; Thomas Beard; and John […]
State Guard volunteers help people during emergencies
One Saturday a month, hundreds of folks from across the state come together at sites in Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville for a day of military-style training drills. They’re men and women of all ages, races, persuasions, and walks of life, and they’re giving their time for a shared goal: to help their fellow South Carolinians during hurricanes, floods and other […]
Richland County residents among highest investment earners in South Carolina
SmartAsset has recently released a new study on the places in South Carolina where residents earn the most from their investments. To identify the places where residents earn the most investment income, SmartAsset compared all U.S. counties across three metrics: Ordinary Dividends, Qualified Dividends, and Net Capital Gains. According to the study, Richland County ranked among the places in South […]
