County Completes Property Buyouts from 2015 Flood, Focuses on Repair Efforts
Pictured the demolition crew worked to carefully demolish the participating townhomes without disturbing the remaining townhomes. 57 properties damaged in historic weather event have been acquired and...
View ArticleHUD Taps Columbia Housing to Assist with Hillandale Relocation
More Landlords are Needed to Speed Up Relocation Efforts Columbia, SC—-The United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Multi-Family Housing Division has asked for Columbia Housing’s...
View ArticleCovid-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know When You Get the Shot
Doctors answer questions about preparing for the Covid-19 vaccine Those getting ready to roll up their sleeves for a Covid-19 vaccine shot will take part in the most ambitious vaccination effort in...
View ArticleWHY WE CAN’T WAIT
Pictured Marilyn L. Hemingway, CEO & President, Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce Gullah Geechee Chamber and Leadership Institute endorse sale of Santee Cooper to NextEra Energy In 2018 upon the...
View ArticleU.S. PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM CANDIDATES
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Richland School District Two has two candidates in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Emilei M. Addington of Ridge View High School and Taahera B. Islam of Spring Valley High...
View ArticleDr. Aditi Bussells Announces Her Candidacy for Columbia City Council At-Large
COLUMBIA, SC – Public health researcher Dr. Aditi Bussells announced her candidacy for Columbia City Council At-Large. In a web video announcing her run for the city-wide seat, Dr. Bussells highlighted...
View ArticleSC Senate passes bill to move teachers to the front of the vaccine line
(Columbia, SC) – State senators unanimously passed a bill that would move teachers, school staff and daycare workers higher up in the state’s vaccine rollout. The bill would add teachers to Phase 1A,...
View ArticleLexington Medical Center Foundation awards funds to MIRCI to support adult...
Columbia, S.C. – Lexington Medical Center Foundation has granted MIRCI (Mental Illness Recovery Center, Inc.) funding for general operations to provide best practice behavioral healthcare interventions...
View ArticleCoach Curtis Frye; USC Legendary Track Coach
The 2021 season is Curtis Frye’s 25th year as head track & field and cross country coach at South Carolina. Over that time, Frye has established a program that is regarded as one of the nation’s...
View ArticleWells Fargo invests in six Black-owned banks, including Optus in Columbia
Wells Fargo recently announced equity investments in six African American Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) as part of its March 10, 2020, pledge to invest up to $50 million in Black-owned banks,...
View ArticleNo internet, no vaccine: How lack of internet access has limited vaccine...
Racial and ethnic minority communities that lack internet access have been left behind in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The average monthly cost of internet access, about US$70, can be out of...
View ArticleNational Safe Place Network Welcomes The COMET’s Executive Director/CEO to...
NSPN and The COMET Expand Partnership to Help Keep Youth Safe COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – National Safe Place Network (NSPN) and The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) have expanded...
View ArticleEight School District Five students are candidates for U.S. Presidential...
IRMO – Eight Lexington-Richland School District Five seniors have been nominated for one of the highest honors for the graduating class of 2021. Sasha Bacot (Spring Hill High), Claudia Byun (Dutch Fork...
View ArticleLaunch of the STARZ24 Teen Center in Greenwood, SC
(Greenwood, South Carolina) A dream ten years in the making, NFL Pro Bowl cornerback and humanitarian Joshua R. Norman has partnered with The Boys & Girls Club of The Lakelands Region to launch the...
View ArticleDEONNA WYLIE: YLS SPOTLIGHT
Photo Credit: United Way of the Midlands. Deonna Wylie, left, has been a YLS volunteer for more than four years. YLS celebrates Deonna Wylie’s community impact contributions United Way wouldn’t be what...
View ArticleCommunities Across South Carolina Need Foster Families for Teens Columbia &...
The National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) of South Carolina has recently increased efforts on growing their network of families to become licensed foster parents and share their hearts and homes with...
View ArticleRebecca Lee Crumpler, The First African American Woman in the United States...
by SHOPPE BLACK Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans from pursuing careers in medicine. Crumpler was born in 1831 in Delaware, to Absolum Davis and Matilda...
View ArticleAre Your Sleep Habits Affecting Your Life?
Are you getting enough sleep? Our lives seem to be busier than ever with no shortage of anxiety producing stressors. You may be taking inventory of your eating and exercise habits, but have you taken a...
View ArticleEditorial: Representative Leon Howard Addresses Recent Judicial Selection by...
Recently, the South Carolina general assembly of legislators elected 22 White men to serve as state court judges. Four well-qualified African American women were also candidates. None were elected. In...
View ArticleRichland County Leads Charge to Celebrate Black Women, Researcher Finds
13 memorials honor businesspeople, civic leaders, activists and other historic figures Pictured Jettiva Belton, Holly Scott, Jean Hopkins and Dorothy Toney attend the unveiling of a historical marker...
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