Higginbotham, a broad-based, employee-owned insurance and financial services company headquartered in Texas, announced that it has joined forces with Turbeville Insurance Agency, a Columbia-based independent brokerage with four offices across the state. The move marks Higginbotham’s first presence in one of the fastest-growing states by aligning with one of theContinue Reading
COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Transportation’s State Highway Emergency Program (SHEP) is celebrating 30 years of providing free roadside assistance to motorists traveling on the state’s busiest highways. The program was launched in 1996 as part of SCDOT’s effort to improve highway safety and assist drivers experiencing vehicleContinue Reading
IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five is once again offering Golden Passes to senior residents, providing free admission to most district-sponsored athletic and fine arts events during the 2026-27 school year. The permanent photo identification cards are available to residents who will be 60 years of age or older duringContinue Reading
COLUMBIA – Community organizations looking for an engaging speaker for their next meeting can take advantage of the Shepherd’s Center of St. Andrews Speakers Bureau, which offers free presentations on a variety of historical, cultural, and educational topics. Sponsored by the Shepherd’s Center of St. Andrews, a volunteer-based interfaith organizationContinue Reading
By Radley West A few years ago, if you had told me that one of the most freeing lessons I would ever learn was that nobody was coming to save me, I probably would have rolled my eyes. But it’s true. We spend a lot of time waiting. Waiting forContinue Reading
By Robin All At 86, I have seen a lot of changes in putting styles, putters, and even the rules governing putting. Watching today’s top players experiment on the greens in search of the fewest possible strokes reminds us of the old saying: “Drive for show and putt for dough.”Continue Reading
Photo: A stack of 1964 Reader’s Digests, a trip back in time. Courtesy of Brenda Bancroft. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net I read my mother’s Reader’s Digests from cover to cover. It’s hard find one today, but if you do, it will take you back to another era. And itContinue Reading
COLUMBIA – United Way of the Midlands is preparing for the upcoming school year with its fifth annual Ready, Set, Supply! school supply drive, collecting classroom materials for elementary school teachers across the Midlands. The annual campaign benefits schools served by United Way’s Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC), an education initiativeContinue Reading
Leeza’s Care Connection is one of 12 organizations throughout South Carolina who will receive 2026 Community Challenge grants from AARP. Marking the program’s 10th anniversary, the grants are part of an $8.3 million commitment by AARP, doubling last year’s total, to fund 750 quick-action projects nationwide aimed at making communitiesContinue Reading
By Akil E. Ross, Sr.Superintendent The Lexington-Richland School District Five Teacher Forum recently hosted a heartfelt celebration honoring our “Homegrown” future teachers for Lexington-Richland Five. This teacher-led initiative is designed to recruit and retain educators who were raised, educated, and trained right here in our community. More than 170 Lexington-RichlandContinue Reading
COLUMBIA – Tourism continues to play a vital role in Columbia’s economy, with visitors generating more than one-third of all spending in the city and providing a significant boost to locally owned businesses, according to Capital City/Lake Murray Country’s 2025 marketing impact report. The report highlights how the partnership betweenContinue Reading