Editor's note: Casey Fields, a close friend of Will Busbee, presented the Sixth Annual Will Busbee Award. This is his speech to the faculty, parents, friends, and the Class of 2008 at A. C. Flora High School. More...
Compiled by Mimi M.Maddock with contribution from McKissick Museum
Although she was only 36 years old when she lost her life in January 2007, Columbia native Helen Hill spent a lifetime making films. Sadly, her life was cut short during production of her newest film based on a discovery of hand- sewn dresses made by Florestine Kinchen, a recently deceased seamstr... More...
South Carolina junior guard, Brionna Dickerson, was content with her team's performance this season but is looking forward to stepping into more of a leadership role in the 2008- 09 season. Her junior year was Dickerson's most productive season yet. She achieved major milestones such as scoring h... More...
Kevin Adams of Dreher High School and Heyward Career and Technology Center was honored with the Governor's Citizenship Award on Monday, April 21 at the State House. Each year the South Carolina Governor recognizes students from participating schools across the state with this award, which was ini... More...
Saturday morning, April 19, more than 800 registered walkers gathered at the amphitheater on the west bank of the Congaree River as part of a fundraiser for NAMI, the National Association for the Mentally Ill. Walkers raised an average contribution of about $100, translating to tens of thousands o... More...
Virginia Felder Conn, 69, died on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008, in Columbia, S.C. Ms. Conn was born in Raleigh, N.C. to John H. Conn Sr. and Virginia Guerry Conn. She is survived by a brother, the Reverend John H. Conn Jr. of Brookline, Massachusetts, and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. More...
Some historians believe Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was the first to place buttons on the sleeves of coats so that his soldiers would not wipe their noses and mouths on their sleeves. It's kind of hard to have a clean military force that uses its uniforms like Kleenex. The buttons served as a deter... More...
Spring Valley 5, Richland Northeast 1 at Richland Northeast April 21, 2008 Singles: Ashkon Babaee (SV) d. Mark Graham (RNE) 6-0, 6-2; Chris Harvey (SV) d. Christian Tupas (RNE) 6-2, 6-1; Brent Lett (SV) d. Paul Lawrence (RNE) 6-0, 6-0; Kenan Sakarcan (SV) d. Renard Brumfield (RNE) 6-1, 6-3; Nick ... More...
Contributed by City Center Partnership The Main Street Marketplace is an open- air market featuring fresh produce, flowers, specialty gifts, art, handmade crafts, and much more every Friday May 2 until June 27 10 am- 2 pm on Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art at the corner of Main and... More...
Nurse Maude Callen was the subject of a 12- page photoessay in Life Magazine in 1951. The author, Eugene Smith, a World War II photojournalist, became enamored with Nurse Maude as he followed her on her daily rounds. He watched as she delivered babies and attended to the general health needs of t... More...
Roll call Columbia City Council convened at Hampton Park off Garners Ferry Road April 16, 2008, at 6 pm, and all council members were present: Daniel Rickenmann, Sam Davis, E.W. Cromartie, Mayor Bob Coble, Anne Sinclair, Tameika Isaac Devine, and Kirkman Finlay III. More...
NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED VEHICLES/PUBLIC SALE The following vehicles are subject to towing, repair and/or storage liens; are declared to be abandoned pursuant to Section 56-5-5810, More...
The S.C. Drought Response Committee met April 16, 2008, in Columbia and decided to maintain the drought status at "severe" for 12 South Carolina counties ranging from the Upstate to the upper central region of the state. Fourteen counties were downgraded to moderate while 20 were lowered to incipi... More...
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Miss Yellow Jacket gives to the Red Cross