Columbia
Watch your language at Columbia parks
Columbia police have posted signs banning profanity in area parks and one local lawyer says not only is the new law unconstitutional but that if it does hold up, he’s in big f’ing trouble, along with the rest of us.
World AIDS Day: A personal price
It will be a beautiful day when no one will ever have to worry about dying from or watching someone die from HIV/AIDS, when there is a cure for those already diagnosed and a vaccination to prevent the further spread of this devastating disease.
Wasted on wine, teen didn’t notice getting shot in the leg at party
A teenager was rushed to the hospital after someone at the party they were attending opened fire on the crowd hitting the boy in the leg, which he didn’t even notice.
RCPD play Santa for HOPE seniors
The Richland County Police Department is teaming up with Home Instead Senior Care, Chick-fil-A and Pink Sorbet to help Columbia’s needy senior citizens get their Christmas wishes filled through Project HOPE’s adoption program.
Who says you’re too old for Santa?
The spirit of giving is alive and well no matter what age you are. A county of young people are banding together to help their area senior citizens by creating a gift donation tree and pledging to be secret Santa’s to the elders in need.
CPD offer obvious tips for safe shopping
Tis the season for shopping til you drop and Columbia police want you to remember that while you’re spending your life savings on presents for people you barely stand, criminals are out shopping for vulnerable victims.
Extreme couponing giving local woman a purpose by feeding needy
One West Columbia woman has been extreme couponing for just five months and was immediately addicted. And, It’s not just the 80 percent savings that’s got her hooked.
Billboard taunts ‘Don’t believe in God’
Just in time for the holiday season, there’s a new group in Columbia whose main mission is to let everyone know that atheists are everywhere and there’s support for them, too. And, they’ve kicked it all off with two rather stunning billboards.
We’re Southerners, how could you ask us to NOT fry our turkeys?
It’s a family tradition for most southerners. It just wouldn’t be the same without dad’s jokes about burning the place down, but one group is warning us all to be careful.
It’s heeeere! SC’s first case of the flu reported in Lexington girl
You’ve seen the commercials and billboards for months now, but if you haven’t gotten those flu shots, now’s the time…the first Influenza B case was reported really close by.
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