USC’s Camp Read-a-Rama continued on this week, focusing on increasing childhood literacy in the state. When the weather is sunny and school is out, being cooped up inside and reading a book isn’t always the most appealing to children. But, Camp Read-a-Rama provides a fun way to combine both reading and exciting summer activities.
Incidents at Carolina Stadium and Olympia Mills are included in this week’s blotter.
Law enforcement may argue that alcohol is the root of all crime in Five Points, but the best way to lower the crime rate in Columbia to lower the drinking age.
Main Street’s oldest building is becoming a bank and coffee shop, Rep. Bakari Sellers will run for lieutenant governor and concealed carry permit holders are one step closer to bringing guns to restaurants and bars.
USC is partnering with the Columbia Police Department to gauge residents’ perceptions of the city’s safety. The effort is funded by a grant from the Smart Policing Initiative totaling nearly $300,000, CPD spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said.
Yearly event, Craft. Bar. Happy. Weekend kicks off Friday, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Columbia Museum of Art, promising a weekend full of great local art, music, and food.
Near the 29th obstacle of Saturday’s USMC Ultimate Challenge Mud Run, 20 people were lying in the mud. A Marine stood over them shouting instructions.
Less than 1 percent of Richland County’s population is estimated to be homeless. But that doesn’t mean the other 99 percent doesn’t have a stake in addressing the problem of homelessness.
Homelessness has always been a huge problem in Columbia, and it’s one that has only continued to get worse through the years.
Dara Brown regularly hears excuses for why someone “can’t” do yoga, so the instructor laughs when recalling how Sherwood Toatley told her he just isn’t flexible after his first class. She responded the way she would to any other student. Yoga will help make you more flexible, she told him.
A student was arrested and a bus driver lost her job after they fought, a Virginia man has been accused of calling a bomb threat into Lexington’s White Knoll High School and former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford engaged in debate with a poster Wednesday.
Downtown Columbia’s Ebenezer Lutheran Church served evening meals to about 150 people each day for three years. When its service agreement with the Salvation Army expired March 31, city leaders and service providers stalled over who should pick up the tab for continuing the service.
Columbia residents deserve more complete explanations than officials have provided so far.
Columbia police responded to three reports of suspicious packages over the course of about an hour Wednesday afternoon.
In Five Points eateries, customers’ drunken antics are part of the job.
State Sen. Vincent Sheheen, D-Kershaw, announced Wednesday that he will try again to take the Governor’s Mansion.
No one was injured as 3 cars were totaled on Blossom Street.