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Star Profile Karen Floyd, Republican candidate for S.C. Superintendent of Education
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
     Karen Floyd was born in Hermann Hospital in the world's largest medical complex, the Texas Medical Center in Houston, where her father was a geologist for Esso, now Exxon-Mobil. At age five, her father and Esso moved the family to Libya. Finally in 1971, they moved to South Carolina, and her father
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
     Sporting News to see more NASCAR Charlotte-based American City Business Journals is the nation's leading publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. ACBJ has 41 weekly business publications in cities across the U.S. Last week, ACBJ agreed to acquire
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Budding business students visit from Romania
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
     Last week eight Romanian high school students and their seven teachers discussed their 2006 Global Issues English Immersion Camp. Escorting the group were their international relations officer and their official interpreter. Their visit to Columbia was partially funded by the State Department in Was
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Sports minds merge to launch Xcelerated Athletics
By Cindy Thompson
     Donovan Craft and Richard Williams feel right at home with the sounds of referee whistles and cheering fans at Plex Indoor Sports in Northeast Columbia. With a long history as athletes, trainers, and great friends, these two talented sports minds have merged to become ambassadors for physical fitnes
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Shop Talk
     Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC law firm is relocating due to major expansions within the practice. The firm has added a new title services section with over 30 title abstractors on staff along with a title review, title issuance, and title curative group to support the team. The firm has grown fr
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Folks About Town
     South Carolina Senator John Courson , a key Republican leader in state and national politics for over 25 years, has joined Straight Talk America as a Co-Chair for South Carolina.
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