Richland One Student Wins National Merit Scholarship

May 29, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Jinyu Gao, a Dreher High School student, is among the 51 South Carolina high school seniors to win a highly prestigious National Merit Scholarship financed by colleges…

Read More

SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants

May 29, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014.  The Palmettobabyprogram was…

Read More

SC Babies Born On 529 Day Celebrated With $529 College Savings Grants

May 29, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – State Treasurer Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. is announcing the second annual privately funded Future Scholar 529 Palmettobaby grant program on National 529 College Savings Day, Thursday, May 29, 2014.  The Palmettobabyprogram was…

Read More

Three District Five Students Earn College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarships

May 29, 2014

IRMO, SC – Three Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been named winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities. Jacob Baltzegar and Olivia Blair received National Merit…

Read More

The Columbia Museum of Art Reading and Art Program for Third-Graders a Success

May 29, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The Columbia Museum of Art, in collaboration with Richland Library and the South Carolina State Library, provided a special arts and literacy field trip to more than 500 third-grade…

Read More

Lexington One announces retirement and hire

May 28, 2014

LEXINGTON, SC – At the May 20, 2014 regular monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, the board approved the hire of Zan Tracy Pender…

Read More

Saint Joseph Catholic School Wins National Character Award

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC -Saint Joseph Catholic School has been selected as one of only 44 schools in the country, and the only school in South Carolina, to win recognition as a…

Read More

SCRA Technology Ventures Announces Investments

May 28, 2014

PharmRight and TriCap Funding Approved COLUMBIA, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch board approved a first round investment in two South Carolina companies at last week’s board meeting in…

Read More

SCRA Technology Ventures Announces Investments

May 28, 2014

PharmRight and TriCap Funding Approved COLUMBIA, SC – SCRA Technology Ventures’ SC Launch board approved a first round investment in two South Carolina companies at last week’s board meeting in…

Read More

Southeastern Piano Festival brings Leon Fleisher to South Carolina’s capital city

May 28, 2014

Legendary pianist, a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors, is the special guest for 2014 COLUMBIA, SC – The 2014 Southeastern Piano Festival kicks off June 15 for a week…

Read More

Conductors Institute of South Carolina brings renowned maestros and composers to USC

May 28, 2014

The International program provides participants the benefit of more than 300 years of combined experience   COLUMBIA, SC – The esteemed Conductors Institute of South Carolina, in its 30th year,…

Read More

Turner Padget Expands Business Transactions Practice with Marshall Tinsley

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A. announced that Marshall Tinsley has joined the firm’s Business Transactions practice group in the Columbia office.   She is the fifth new attorney…

Read More

Jessica Vencill Joins Miller-Valentine Construction

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Miller-Valentine Construction is pleased to announce Jessica Vencill has joined their Columbia office as a project assistant. In Jessica’s role as project assistant she will be supporting…

Read More

Park7 Group Purchases Student Housing Land

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – CBRE|Columbia has represented Park7 Group in the purchase of four acres of land located at Blossom and Huger Streets. The 237 unit, five story student housing project…

Read More

New Digitization Program for Libraries Announced

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Libraries often have photographs, local histories, maps, family papers and/or genealogical documents that could reach a wider audience if digitized and made available online.  The South Carolina…

Read More

New Digitization Program for Libraries Announced

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Libraries often have photographs, local histories, maps, family papers and/or genealogical documents that could reach a wider audience if digitized and made available online.  The South Carolina…

Read More

Pacific Rim Aerospace Opens Charleston County Office

May 28, 2014

CHARLESTON, SC – Pacific Rim Aerospace (PacRim), a provider of solutions for aerospace engineering applications, has established an office in Charleston County, allowing for more direct support of its customers in the…

Read More

Pacific Rim Aerospace Opens Charleston County Office

May 28, 2014

CHARLESTON, SC – Pacific Rim Aerospace (PacRim), a provider of solutions for aerospace engineering applications, has established an office in Charleston County, allowing for more direct support of its customers in…

Read More

CREW Cocktails

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – June 5, 2014 – CREW Midlands is delighted to announce “CREW Cocktails”, its signature summer series of events hosted on the outdoor patio at The Oak Table…

Read More

Columbian Mammoth Named The Official State Fossil

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Nikki Haley was joined today by Olivia McConnell, her mother Amanda, her classmates and teachers, Senator Kevin Johnson, and Representative Robert Ridgeway for a ceremonial signing of House Bill…

Read More

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys & Practices Recognized in 2104 Chambers USA Rankings

May 28, 2014

CHARLESTON, SC– Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. received numerous distinctions in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA. The UK guide annually ranks American law firms and lawyers by state and practice area. Chambers USA ranked…

Read More

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Attorneys & Practices Recognized in 2104 Chambers USA Rankings

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC– Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. received numerous distinctions in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA. The UK guide annually ranks American law firms and lawyers by state and practice area. Chambers USA ranked…

Read More

Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina to Award $370,200 in Grants

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina announces eight Strategic grants, totaling $370,200, to nonprofit organizations addressing the root causes of poverty in South Carolina. Grantees…

Read More

Expanding Early Childhood Program to Help More Children with Special Needs

May 28, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council/Office of the Governor has just announced it is increasing funding to $50,000 for The Therapy Place to expand its Bridges Early…

Read More

Palmetto Place Kids Announces New Board Officers and Members

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Palmetto Place Children’s Shelter is pleased to announce the 2014 – 2015 Board Officers, and the new board members joining this year. Marie Dieckmann of CBRE will…

Read More

Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Come Around My Way: A Youth Media Project

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater and its Helen Hill Media Education Center, will host Come Around My Way: A Youth Media…

Read More

What is Cancer Equity? EngenuitySC’s Science Café with Dr. Chanita Hughes-Halbert, June 10, 2014 at Speakeasy

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Did you know that prostate cancer mortality rates in South Carolina are three times greater in African Americans than Caucasians? Or that African American women succumb to…

Read More

Upstream Summer 2014 Mindfulness Class Series

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – With Columbia’s longer-than-average winter finally coming to a close, the bright, sunny days of another Famously Hot summer are on the horizon. The clearer skies can do wonders…

Read More

#1 in Nation for Wallick Investments’ Fidelis Portfolio

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Wallick Investments, LLC, SC-based RIA firm, is proud to announce Money Manager Review, San Franciso-based firm providing independent analysis of private money management firms, ranks Wallick Investments…

Read More

Palmetto Health Elects 2014 Board Officers

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The Palmetto Health board of directors elected the following officers: James E. “Rick” Wheeler, vice president of M-D MetalSource, chairman (pictured right); William L. “Freedie” Freeman III,…

Read More

RPA Development to Grow, Add 43 Employees

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – RPA Development LLC, a designer and manufacturer of fencing and railing products and the machines to produce them, has purchased and will upfit a 90,000 square foot…

Read More

Six Fisher & Phillips Columbia Attorneys Ranked Among Top in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Fisher & Phillips LLP announces that six attorneys in its Columbia office, and a total of 48 attorneys nationwide, are featured in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers…

Read More

Four Ogletree Deakins Attorneys Ranked in Chambers USA

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC –  Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that four attorneys…

Read More

Cherise Arrendale Joins Central Carolina Community Foundation as Interactive Marketing Manager

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Central Carolina Community Foundation has hired Cherise Arrendale as its Interactive Marketing Manager. Arrendale’s role is to ensure the Foundation’s online presence reinforces the organization’s brand and…

Read More

Capital Rotary Distributes Dictionaries to Schools

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Capital Rotary Club members Jenks Mikell (back row, left) and John Guignard (back row) are all smiles after distributing paperback dictionaries to third-grade students at Arden Elementary…

Read More

Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah Announces Series of Meet & Greets for New Police Chief to Meet Columbia Residents

May 27, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah will host 2 meet-and-greets with the City’s new Police Chief William “Skip” Holbrook. The first will be held on Wednesday, June 5th at Edisto Discovery Park…

Read More

Katie Couric Presents Columbia College Senior Emelin Garcia with Scholarship America Dream Award

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia College senior Emelin Garcia is a recipient of the first-ever Scholarship America Dream Award announced on May 23 on “Katie”, Katie Couric’s daytime television show. Emelin…

Read More

UofSC School of Law names fellows to South Carolina Legal Writing Academy inaugural class

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina School of Law has named five lawyers as fellows of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Legal Writing Academy. The fellows…

Read More

UofSC School of Law names fellows to South Carolina Legal Writing Academy inaugural class

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – The University of South Carolina School of Law has named five lawyers as fellows of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Legal Writing Academy. The fellows…

Read More

Mckay Firm Partner, Janet Brooks Holmes, Selected to Join Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization Board of Directors

May 26, 2014

Former Mrs. South Carolina Excited to Join Scholarship Board COLUMBIA, SC – McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A. announced that firm Partner, Janet Brooks Holmes, has recently been selected to join the Miss South Carolina Scholarship…

Read More

Graham takes Action to Undo Obama Administration ‘Reckless’ Approach to MOX

May 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted in support of and applauded the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act.  At Senator Graham’s request,…

Read More

Graham takes Action to Undo Obama Administration ‘Reckless’ Approach to MOX

May 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted in support of and applauded the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the FY15 National Defense Authorization Act.  At Senator Graham’s request,…

Read More

Columbia’s Fight for Air Climb Provides Physical Challenge While Supporting Work of Lung Association

May 26, 2014

Experience the climb of your life COLUMBIA, SC – The American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climbs are unique fundraising events that provide participants the opportunity to take part in a vertical…

Read More

SCE&G To Perform Tree Trimming Activities As Scheduled for 2014

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – SCE&G will perform tree trimming activities along overhead utility lines in the following neighborhoods for the next two weeks: Greg Park Neighborhood Association Lake Katherine POA of Lake…

Read More

Cariens wins Joseph M. Bedenbaugh Administrator of the Year Award

May 26, 2014

LEXINGTON, SC – Sherry P. Cariens, Oak Grove Elementary principal, received the Joseph M. Bedenbaugh Administrator of the Year Award on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at the Lexington County School…

Read More

District Five student earns award at International Science and Engineering Fair

May 26, 2014

IRMO, SC – A Lexington-Richland School District Five student has earned international recognition for his research examining possible health effects of genetically modified corn. Dutch Fork High School student Brett…

Read More

Furman University Hosts Conference for Campus Sustainability Coordinators

May 26, 2014

GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University will host a conference of regional university sustainability directors and coordinators June 2-4. The meeting will take place at the Shi Center for Sustainability and…

Read More

Two named to John de la Howe School Board

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Gov. Nikki Haley has appointed two new trustees to John de la Howe School in McCormick. Tom Love of McCormick and Dan Shonka of Central have been confirmed…

Read More

Two named to John de la Howe School Board

May 26, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC – Gov. Nikki Haley has appointed two new trustees to John de la Howe School in McCormick. Tom Love of McCormick and Dan Shonka of Central have been confirmed…

Read More

FordHarrison Named Among the Top Labor and Employment Law Firms by Chambers USA

May 25, 2014

  SPARTANBURG, SC – FordHarrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, is proud to announce that it was named among the highest ranked labor and employment law firms…

Read More