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Trustus Theatre received three awards from statewide arts organizations, most notably the national grant award of $15,000 from the Shubert Foundation. The award is intended for not-for-profit professional theater and dance companies.
Five of the week’s biggest events
Independent video game festival awards thought- provoking creations
West Columbia mayor stripped of oversight powers
“Location, location, location” is one economic mantra that doesn’t seem to be losing its potency anytime soon — especially if you’re young, a student and looking for somewhere to live in downtown Columbia.
A group of men, one with a gun, attempted to rob a man walking on Pickens Street at 1 a.m. Sunday, according to police.
South Carolina Democrats will have a chance to tell the state government how they feel about medicinal marijuana come June, when a nonbinding referendum addressing the issue will appear on their primary ballot.
Proposal passes on 4-3 vote
Showcase revitalizes Midlands arts scene, features 45 artists from area
As Columbia embarks on a series of construction projects focused around both business and student living, it looks like the city has yet another appointment with the bulldozers, this time along Assembly Street.
Wayne Gregory, Jr., who has served as the City of Columbia’s economic development director, has been fired and arrested for embezzling money, WIS-TV reported.
Columbia Police have arrested the suspect connected to last weekend’s shooting in Five Points.
Investigators have determined that the January crash from the Blossom Street bridge into the Congaree River was a murder-suicide, The State reported.
Teams of “shavees” shaved their heads Saturday at Jillian’s as part of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave-a-thon to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Undoubtedly, the greatest civil rights issue of the millennial generation is that of equal rights for the LGBT community, following in the same vein as the struggles for equality of both women and African Americans in the 20th century. Julian Bond, National Chair of the NAACP, said recently reaffirmed his belief that “marriage is a civil right,” and that the movements are coupled by a defense of immutable characteristics: “and you cannot be discriminated in this country for who you are. To be certain, large strides have been made across the world, and in the United States with 17 states and the District of Columbia legalizing same-sex marriage, along with four (highly conservative) states having their unconstitutional laws stayed by federal judges under precedent set by Kitchen v. Herbert, in which the Supreme Court held that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, upholding stays by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah by reaffirming their 1996 ruling in Romer v. Evans that “the Constitution protects individuals from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.”
If nothing else, Columbia was treated to a prime example last week that some people simply can’t (or don’t feel the need to) grow out of high school.
The skies may have been a bit gray Saturday, but Five Points was nothing but green, as thousands of people turned out — and up — for St. Patrick’s Day.
Maj. Melron Kelly chosen to fill role until city chooses permanent department head
SLED report reveals Santiago testimony discrepancies
If Columbia builds it, they will come.