’58 Blue Devils dine at Doc’s
May 2, 2024
Friends from the Dreher High School class of 1958 gathered Thursday, April 18 at Doc’s Barbeque for lunch and fellowship. Front row (l–r): Norma Crosswell Cunningham, Margarette Marsha Mills, Joanna...
Small Business Week celebrations commence
By Josh Cruse
joshc@thecolumbiastar.com | May 2, 2024
April 28-May 4 is 2024 National Small Business Week. Richland County, the City of Columbia, and the Columbia Chamber of Commerce held a celebration Monday, April 29 at Tom’s Creek...
Gills Creek Memorial Park opens to public
April 25, 2024
After the big flood in 2015, Forest Acres has been working on a project along Gills Creek to redo the bridges and create an accesible park for the community. Three...
Greek Day of Service 2024
By Sherry Jaco | May 2, 2024
Olympia Mill Village Museum and Community Place welcomed a bevy of young men and women from the USC campus sororities...
Leadership Columbia completes community center, outdoor space for Serve & Connect
Contributed by Hunter Sox | May 2, 2024
The Columbia Chamber’s Leadership Columbia Class of 2024 (LC24), in partnership with Serve & Connect, held a block party to...
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims presents lineage book to S.C. Department of Archives
May 2, 2024
The National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Upstate Branch presented a lineage book to the South Carolina Department...
Getting Canceled
Mike Cox
mwc0423@gmail.com | May 2, 2024
There was an agitated crowd gathered outside the fence when I arrived at work. Several guys were suggesting an illegal...
Me and the Crispy Beast
Julia Rogers Hook
jrhook@thecolumbiastar.com | April 25, 2024
Editor’s Note: Julia is out of town this week. Enjoy this oldie from 2016. It was a day like any...
We need term limits for Congress
By John Warren, South Carolina State Director for U.S. Term Limits | April 25, 2024
On February 27, Americans across the nation celebrated National Term Limits Day. National Term Limits Day celebrates the ratification of...
FOLKS ABOUT TOWN
May 2, 2024
Cassandra Ignatowicz, CDP has been named director of care coordination at LawyerLisa, LLC. Smith Robinson law firm has appointed three...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
May 2, 2024
Spa Obsessed held its grand opening April 26, 1332 Main Street, Suite No. 112. The Columbia metro area was named...
ATTORNEYS HONORED
May 2, 2024
Allison Sullivan, a partner with Bluestein Attorneys, has been named to the 2024 South Carolina Power List for Personal Injury...
South Carolina Ballet presents Elvis Ballet
Contributed by Stephen Manion-Bredesen | April 4, 2024
South Carolina Ballet will present the world premiere of William Starrett’s Elvis Ballet April 13 at the Koger Center for...
Language of Angels brings haunting “ghost story” to USC Lab Theatre
Contributed by Kevin Bush | February 1, 2024
The USC Theatre Program will present Naomi Iizuka’s haunting drama Language of Angels February 15-18 at the Lab Theatre, 1400...
Moon Over Buffalo comes to Town Theatre
Contributed by Town Theatre | January 18, 2024
It’s 1953 in Buffalo where actors George and Charlotte Hay are fading faster than a New York minute. Their struggle...
Junior League of Columbia celebrates 100 years by honoring community partners
May 2, 2024
The Junior League of Columbia celebrates 100 years of community service at a ceremony recently at Roy Lynch Park, with...
Mind Gravy celebrates 1,000th gathering
May 2, 2024
Notable local poet Al Black and guests recently celebrated the 1,000th gathering of Mind Gravy, an open mic reading for...
Loretta Vivianne Young Brockington
April 25, 2024
Loretta Vivianne Young Brockington was born March 4, 1940, in Cherokee, N. C., and passed from this life to her...
Richland One students surpass superintendent’s challenge by reading more than six million minutes
Contributed by Ilyssa Weiner | May 2, 2024
A lot of Richland One students really wanted to see the superintendent of the school district get slimed, and they...
School News Briefs
May 2, 2024
Lexington-Richland School District Five athletes named to High School Football America’s 4th annual Academic All-America team for the state of...
Two Richland One high schools ranked among “Best High Schools” in U. S. News & World Report’s 2024 ranking
Contributed by Ilyssa Weiner | May 2, 2024
Two Richland One high schools have been named among the “Best High Schools” in the nation by U. S. News...
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May 2, 2024
•ART Alexandra’s Art Studio, 111 Sparkleberry Crossing Road, offers adult...
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
April 25, 2024
•ART Alexandra’s Art Studio, 111 Sparkleberry Crossing Road, offers adult...
April Daily Holidays and Observances
April 25, 2024
•April 1: April Fools’ Day, International Fun at Work Day...
Falcons fly by Hilton Head Island
May 3, 2024
The A.C. Flora Falcons rattled off 21 shots and held the visiting Hilton Head Island Seahawks to two in a 5-0 win in the second round of the Class 4A...
Red Foxes squeak by A.C. Flora in pitchers’ duel
May 3, 2024
“They are better than this. We are going to come out and keep working. That’s all we can do. We’re going to keep a great attitude. We’re going to keep...
Falcons stay alive
May 2, 2024
The A.C. Flora Falcons staved off elimination in the Class 4A baseball playoffs with small ball and pitching in a 2-1 win over the visiting Myrtle Beach Seahawks Wednesday, May...
Reactive dogs want the scary thing to go away
By Phyllis Beasley, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT, FFCP Owner/Lead Trainer, Praise Dog Training LLC www.PraiseYourDogTraining.com | February 8, 2024
Author’s note: the information in this article on modifying a dog’s reactive behavior is a simple explanation of a well-known protocol. The best chance for success is to work with...
Celebrate January as National Train Your Dog Month
By Phyllis Beasley, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT, FFCP Owner/Lead Trainer, Praise Dog Training www.PraiseYourDogTraining.com | January 11, 2024
The holidays are over. Was it relaxing for you or did your dog drive you crazy? Is it time to make a New Year’s resolution that you will help your...
Your training can be pawsitively successful
By Phyllis Beasley, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT, FFCP Owner/Lead Trainer, Praise Dog Training LLC www.PraiseYourDogTraining.com | December 7, 2023
So what exactly is positive training, sometimes called reward-based training or force free training? How does it work? Can a dog be trained completely with positive training? Truly positive training...
Pineville, a historic refuge—Pineville cemeteries: St. Stephen’s
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | May 2, 2024
Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being....
Pineville, a historic refuge—Pineville cemeteries: Thomas Walter
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | April 25, 2024
Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being....
Pineville, a historic refuge—Pineville cemeteries: Maham
By Warner M. Montgomery, Ph.D. | April 18, 2024
Editor’s Note: At the request of his readers and in memory of Warner M. Montgomery, Ph. D, we will continue to publish his Adventure Travel stories for the time being....
Star Chefs
allrecipes.com | May 2, 2024
Warm Caprese Zoodles 2 Tbsp. olive oil 1 (10 ounce) basket cherry tomatoes, halved 5 medium zucchini, run through a spiralizer Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1...
Leaping trout on display at CMA
May 2, 2024
A collection of 35 leaping trout sculptures painted by Columbia local artists and art students from Columbia schools will be on public display in the Columbia Museum of Arts’ (CMA)...
Feeding Flying Flowers
By Arlene Marturano SCGardenLearning
on Facebook | April 25, 2024
The first sighting of ruby-throated hummingbirds signals the start of spring for gardeners. Rubythroats head to nectar in the red tubular flowers of the eastern red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis, and...
Master’s Sales
May 2, 2024
NOTICE OF SALE C/A#2023-CP-40-02504 BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE of the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County, South Carolina, heretofore issued in the case of CitiMortgage, Inc. vs. Annie...
Public Notices
May 2, 2024
SUMMONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF RICHLAND IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2024-DR-40-0087 South Carolina Department of Social Services, Plaintiff, vs. Jael Reynolds, Defendant, IN...
Notice to Creditors of Estates
May 2, 2024
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these...