Eating for Healing By Jennifer Tardy With the summer heat in full swing, I wanted to share a few helpful tips — plus a quick and balanced recipe that’s become a weekly favorite in my own kitchen. But first… a personal update on my health journey. Lately, I’ve seen aContinue Reading
By Tom Poland: A Southern WriterTomPoland.net My June 15 post, The Kerosene Lamp, received reader comments that deserve sharing. Who in this era of ultra-dark-defying lighting would take the time to comment on the old kerosene lamp? Well, several did. Their responses made me glad I chose such an obscureContinue Reading
Former State Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth to Headline Celebration of Poetry Across South Carolina COLUMBIA – The 2025 Soda City Poetry Festival returns to Richland Library Main on Friday and Saturday, June 27–28, promising two full days of free programming, poetic performances, and workshops for all ages. Now in itsContinue Reading
Senator Russell Ott, District 26, held an end of session wrap-up at Savage Craft in West Columbia on Thursday, June 19. Ott spoke to the crowd about his endeavors as a freshman Senator and touched on what he felt were significant pieces of legislation adopted by the General Assmembly thisContinue Reading
Hundreds of Classic Cars and Thousands of Visitors Expected at Moore Park IRMO – Get ready for the rumble of engines and a blast from the past as Irmo prepares to host the Grand Finish of the 2025 Hemmings Motor News Great Race on Sunday, June 29, at Moore Park.Continue Reading
By Eileen Renders In 1922, Dr. London, A Cardiologist and Surgeon, was interviewed in TODAY magazine. He shared how he began to experience some subtle (initially) symptoms and, not unlike many of us, passed them off as inconsequential. However, as a couple of these symptoms began to intensify, he foundContinue Reading
By Mike DuBose In preparation for this series of articles, we examined the latest findings from the leading universities and medical schools studying this essential biological function. For most of my life, I was fortunate to sleep soundly. That changed following open-heart surgery for an aneurysm 15 years ago. AfterContinue Reading
By Eileen Renders Because the Bible tells us that God created the world in seven days, He made the Sun, the earth, the water, and created us. We are also told that Jesus is quoted as saying, I made these herbs, leaves, and berries for your food and your medicine.Continue Reading
IRMO, SC – Dutch Fork High School student Cleo Floyd-Johnstone, the current Miss Greenwood’s Teen, is set to compete in the 2025 Miss South Carolina’s Teen Competition, held June 21–28 at Columbia’s historic Township Auditorium. Though she lives in Irmo, Floyd-Johnstone earned her title through the Greenwood preliminary pageant, qualifyingContinue Reading
By Tom PolandTomPoland.net I inherited an old Bible, so old I can’t determine its age. I see my ancestors reading that Bible by the light of a my kerosene lamp. The kerosene lamp, legendary for the destruction it caused. No cowboy scuffle was complete without a knocked over kerosene lamp.Continue Reading
Mark your calendars and bring your appetite! Black Eats Week 803 is back for its third year, running June 23–29, and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. Founded in 2023, Black Eats Week 803 (BEW803) is a celebration of Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, bakeries, and creameries throughout the Midlands. FromContinue Reading