Blythewood chamber names businesses of the year
Pictured McNulty’s ribbon cutting. Susan B. Smith has been named the 2019 Business Person of the Year by the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce. Smith is a certified public accountant based in...
View ArticleCentral Carolina Community Foundation Celebrates 35 Years
Pictured staff of Central Carolina Community Foundation Columbia, S.C. – Central Carolina Community Foundation, the Midlands’ local center for philanthropy, is celebrating three and a half decades of...
View ArticleLuther J. Battiste, National President of the American Board of Trial Advocates
Luther J. Battiste, III, was installed as National President of the American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization’s National Board Meeting at the Hotel Bennett. Mr. Battiste, a founding...
View ArticleDr. Donna Huger School Counselor of the Year
IRMO – Dutch Fork High School’s director of school counseling, Dr. Donna Huger, has been selected as the 2020 School Counselor of the Year in South Carolina by the Palmetto State School Counselor...
View ArticleCracking The Code To Society’s Most Feared Disease
Medical researchers may have come up with a way to treat such dreaded conditions as Alzheimer’s disease, MS and spinal cord injuries. (NAPS)—Even more than cancer, there’s one disease most people fear....
View ArticleReubin Bookert; SC African American History Calendar February Honoree
Rear Admiral Reubin B. Bookert is a native of Columbia, S.C. He graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in 1968 and North Carolina A&T State University with a B.S. degree. He also earned degrees in...
View ArticleNASA DEPUTY DIRECTOR VANESSA E. WYCHE TO SPEAK IN OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY...
Columbia, SC – Vanessa E. Wyche, deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, will host a conversation and information series for students from South Carolina’s Historically Black Colleges and...
View Article100 Black Women Hosted a “Let Her Learn Symposium “
The Education Committee of the Columbia (SC) Chapter of 100 Black Women recently hosted its third annual “Let Her Learn: Stop the School Push out of Girls of Color Symposium.“ The program featured...
View ArticleMs. Victoria L. Riles: 2019 Employee of the Year
The Employee of the Year Selection Committee recommended Ms. Victoria L. Riles as the 2019 Employee of the Year. “Victoria has been with Animal Services for just under two years, but in that time has...
View ArticleNew Year, New Look! Columbia Metropolitan Airport Launches New Creative &...
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) is excited to announce the launch of a new refreshed campaign to include a new logo and a new website. The new look will continue to focus...
View ArticleMidlands Technical College Receives Highest Possible Recognition in...
Photo caption (left to right): Jessica Booth, Director of Finance and Financial Reporting; Debbie Walker, Vice President for Business Affairs; and Sheila Smith, Associate Vice President for Business...
View ArticleCAYCE-WEST COLUMBIA NAMES THE COMET SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
(Columbia, SC) – The Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce has named Central Midlands Transit Authority/The COMET, Small Business of the Year. This decision was announced at the recent Cayce West...
View ArticleRev. Charles B. Jackson, Sr.; 49 Years As Pastor of Brookland Baptist Church
Photo by Calvin Reese, Millennium Magazine. Dr. Charles B. Jackson, Sr. celebrated 49 years as Pastor of the Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, SC. Instead of a Pastoral Banquet, he hosted the...
View ArticleThe wrong type of billionaire: Why Tom Steyer is a threat to status quo...
By: Michael Bailey When it comes to Tom Steyer, it seems like all I hear from establishment Democrats is that he is a billionaire, that he’s super-rich and, because of his wealth, he’s out of...
View ArticleEast Point Academy Rings in the Year of the Rat
West Columbia, S.C. – Lions, dragons, dancing, and music streamed through the hallways of East Point Academy for the annual Chinese New Year Parade and Celebration. Arts integration was on full display...
View ArticlePastor Charles Stanley;A Passion to Know Christ
Philippians 3:3-12 Claiming to know someone usually means we know facts about the person or simply are aware he or she exists. Unfortunately, that is how too many Christians “know” Jesus Christ—they’re...
View ArticleSC Ports CEO to be inducted into 2020 International Maritime Hall of Fame
CHARLESTON, SC — S.C. Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome will be inducted into the 2020 International Maritime Hall of Fame. The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey...
View ArticleCelebrate 365/24-7 Black History
By Mary Ellen Amaker Many have asked why is it necessary to set aside a specific month to celebrate Black History? The answer is as clear as any main stream history book, which fails to include and...
View ArticleRichland County Uses Grant Funding to Add Firetruck
Pictured Officials from Richland County and the Columbia-Richland County Fire Department celebrated the addition of a new firetruck at a push-in ceremony at Capitol View Station. (Richland PIO) – The...
View ArticleTHE COMET RECEIVES GRANT TO REDUCE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Columbia, SC– Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET), has been awarded a $151,776 grant by The Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The grant was awarded as part of the FTA’s Human...
View Article