FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Fort Jackson, Richland County and a local environmental support group are joining to commemorate the loss of South Carolina soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Army post, the county and Columbia Green are scheduled to dedicate a grove of trees on Friday afternoon. The trees are being planted at Fort Jackson’s main parade field. Post…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s Department of Juvenile Justice is signing an agreement to keep making urns to hold the unclaimed cremated remains of military veterans. On Friday, DJJ is scheduled to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Missing in America Project. Incarcerated youth in the care of the department and its carpentry program are designing and building…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The City of Columbia is marking Arbor Day with a visit to an area elementary school. On Friday, participants including members of the city’s Forestry and Beautification Division staff and the Columbia Garden Club are gathering at Brennan Elementary School. Each year, a Columbia elementary school is chosen for the Arbor Day Program. A speaker comes…
With five fewer days on Mother Nature’s calendar, the Salvation Army of the Midlands faces an unexpected challenge of meeting the needs of thousands for the Holiday season.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” South Carolina’s insurance agency says 144,000 people with previously canceled health insurance policies can renew their plans, following President Obama’s reversal last month on part of the federal health care law. Insurance Director Ray Farmer says 15 companies have told his agency they will participate in the optional extension of plans the federal law…
Columbia’s mayor is feeling the effects of crime from another city.
Compassion is bringing their mobile experience depicting poverty in third world countries to the Midlands.
Columbia, SC ( )-A midlands teen dies at the scene of an accident in Lexington.and now the driver of the other car..involved…is facing charges.The South Carolina Highway Patrol responded around 7:45 this morning to the 15-hundred block of Old Barnwell Road.The details of the crash are limited.We do know the Mait Team is investigating.the coroner has released the 15-year-old victim’s…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn is among the speakers scheduled to address a gathering of Democratic women this weekend. On Saturday, the South Carolina Democratic Women’s Council is holding its fall forum at the Clarion Hotel in Columbia. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and Manning Mayor Julia Nelson are also slated to speak to the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The operating rooms at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Columbia have closed again after dust was found in the operating room. Officials say the dust was discovered Thursday, just four days after surgeries resumed following a nearly two-month closure of the operating rooms for a similar problem. Authorities blamed the disintegration of…
