"My dad was my ambassador to Columbia. He has always had a special place in his heart for our city," said Caroline Coleman Bennett who grew up in Columbia and attended Hammond School, Hand Middle School, and Dreher High School. More...
Megan Howell is more than ready for kindergarten this fall. She can write her name, count to 50, and recite her ABCs; pretty impressive for a child who has only half a brain. More...
noun: local restuarants where friends, family, and neighbors gather to enjoy good food, friendly service, and pleasant company.
Nearly every neighborhood has one: a place where friends, family, and neighbors gather to enjoy good food, friendly service, and pleasant company. In our series, Neighborhood Dishes, we visited four Columbia area restaurants that possess all these qualities. More...
Columbia Mayor Coble's 1990 Corporate Citizen of the Year, SCANA, almost saw a statue of its CEO Lawrence Gressette go up in bronze on the town square between Carolina First and the Columbia Museum of Art. SCANA had such a strong downtown presence the town leaders were pushing to memorialize SCANA's More...
Rev. Dr. Ellen Skidmore is in the midst of Forest Lake Presbyterian's history only a few weeks after officially taking the pulpit. Members began building a Habitat for Humanity house in the church parking lot to celebrate the church's 50th anniversary. More...
Brad Pitt used to be a pretty cool guy. He was one of the few in Hollywood who could pull off an authentic Southern accent and not sound a little light in the loafers. He could be a pretty boy and still produce fairly decent movies, but that's all changing now. Brad has entered the world of fatherho More...
Charley's Columbia Backyard was written by Caroline Coleman Bennett. Bennett attended Hammond School, Hand Middle, and Dreher High School. Bennett graduated from Clemson University in business management and communication. After graduation, she wrote speeches for the president of the Charleston C More...
As we embarked from the dock at Fotoba, the images of the hustle and bustle of slave trading remained etched in my mind. This was one of the places from which ten million slaves left Africa for America. Slavery was an economic reward for chiefs, slave traders, and planters who sustained the system f More...
Roll call City council convened for presentations around 10 am Wednesday, September 13. All council members were present: Daniel Rickenmann, Sam Davis, E. W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Anne Sinclair, Tameika Isaac Devine, and Kirkman Finlay. More...
Notice is hereby given that the (123) weapons listed being unclaimed / found property will be destroyed pursuant to South Carolina Code of Laws after thirty days of this publication. More...
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