Campaigns for the upcoming South Carolina primary elections are in full swing. The June 10 primaries will determine which candidates will participate in the general election on November 4 and will set the tone for local political discussions.
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.
Columbia moved one step closer to bringing a minor league baseball team to the city after City Council on Tuesday voted to build a stadium in a planned Bull Street development.
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.
Investigators have determined that the January crash from the Blossom Street bridge into the Congaree River was a murder-suicide, The State reported. According to the Columbia Police Department, Denzel Whyatt Jr.
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.
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 gray Saturday, but Five Points was nothing but green, as thousands of people turned out – and up – for St. Patrick’s Day.
Interim Police Chief Ruben Santiago has resigned from the Columbia Police Department, City Manager Theresa Wilson announced in a statement Thursday evening.
If Columbia builds it, they will come. At least, that’s what Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin is hoping, as the city is on track to get a minor league baseball stadium at the planned Bull Street development.
The world’s largest 5k paint event took to the streets of Columbia Saturday.
While walking through the maze of displays put out by startup companies at the USC/Columbia Technology Incubator Showcase Thursday, David He said one of his goals would be to create and manage his own company.
Would you cut eight inches off your hair? What if it benefited someone with cancer?
Many thought they were imagining the tremors caused by the 4.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Columbia and surrounding areas Friday night.
An hour after the city had closed for the day due to winter weather, Columbia City Manager Theresa Wilson announced the five finalists for the job of Columbia Police Chief.
Administrators, faculty, students and alumni traveled to the State House Wednesday morning to lobby for USC’s proposed tuition timeout on the 11th annual Carolina Day.
The Association of African American Students donned black attire Wednesday and march through Columbia in remembrance of Trayvon Martin on what would have been his 19th birthday.