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Columbia Mayor Touts New Collaboration, Working Relationships
Touting recurring themes of collaboration and connectivity across the Midlands, Mayor Daniel Rickenmann says Columbia is “the land of opportunity” and “the best kept secret in South Carolina.”. Rickenmann was the inaugural speaker Wednesday for a new “State of the Midlands” series being presented by the Urban...
South Carolina basketball makes top group for elite junior who throws down dunks
South Carolina basketball coach Dawn Staley has her Gamecock team positioned with a loaded roster again heading into the 2024-2025 season, and even without securing a future commitment yet, her efforts in the next two recruiting classes indicate that Carolina will bring in some more big-time talents and keep their dominance rolling.
Richland One's Sportsarama kicks off 2024 high school football season
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It's mid-August and school is back in session, so you know what this means -- the 2024 high school football season is upon us. Richland County School District One and the Sertoma Club hosts the annual Sportsarama this Friday, August 16, at Memorial Stadium, at the corner of South Holly Street and Airport Boulevard in Columbia's Rosewood neighborhood. The annual event showcases eight high school teams, playing four mini-contests consisting of two 12-minute quarters.
Local teams in two different jamborees on Friday night
All three local high school varsity football teams will be a part of two different jamboree type scrimmages across York County Friday. Nation Ford will host the fourth annual Gus Allen Memorial Jamboree at Nation Ford High School starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16. The Gus Allen Memorial...
Dear Lexington Richland School District Five Family,
The vision of School District Five is simple: “We Love and Grow our Students.” This vision was created by the faculty and staff to recognize the collective reason why professionals choose to work in our district. Our theme for the 2024 – 2025 school year is “Growing Together” which highlights the secret to our success, our people.
‘Anything could’ve happened’: School misplaces kindergartner on his first day of school
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/Gray News) – A parent of a kindergartner in South Carolina is frustrated after her son was misplaced during a mix-up on the first day of school. Terreshia Green said her plan on the first day of school last Wednesday was to pick up her 5-year-old son Jabari from Jackson Creek Elementary School near Columbia.
Snake-wrangling teacher in the Midlands
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – An unwanted guest slithered into a South Carolina high school leaving one brave teacher to wrangle the reptile. An Agriculture Education Instructor from Andrew Jackson High School, Mr. Young, caught the non-venomous snake in his class on Monday. The school posted photos of the capture on their social media pages. […]
Dawn Staley describes meeting Tom Brady at Paris Olymipcs
Like many others, Dawn Staley was active around the 2024 Paris Olympics. One particular moment that drew the South Carolina women’s basketball coach’s attention was when she was around NFL great Tom Brady. Staley described being around Brady on Wednesday during the Paul Finebaum Show on SEC Network....
Finally starting, South Carolina baseball alum Jonah Bride is having a whale of a 2nd half of the season
South Carolina baseball alum Jonah Bride has had a whale of a month. Bad puns aside, the Oklahoma native is getting just the second opportunity of his career to play consistently (the other coming at the end of a horrendously bad Oakland Athletics 2022 campaign in which winning was not a priority). The Owasso Walloper has made the most of his chance.
WECO River District Set to Catalyze Prosperity
The pulse of economic growth in West Columbia continues to beat and the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce will celebrate this pulse with a Ribbon Cutting Grand Opening and Block Party at 310 and 324 State St., on Aug. 23, at 4:30 p.m. in the WECO River District. The Cayce-West...
Joyce Edwards named USA Today's Girls Basketball Player and Athlete of the Year
Forward Joyce Edwards will soon embark on her women’s college basketball career at the defending national champion University of South Carolina. Her “award tour” following a third state championship season at Camden High School continued on Monday when USA Today once again presented Edwards with its top prestigious honor as part of the publication's 2023-24 High School Sports Awards.
Former South Carolina football rival continues to give props to Gamecock fans
South Carolina football fans remember "the good 'ole days" under head coach Steve Spurrier. During the Head Ball Coach's tenure, the Gamecocks peaked as one of the best teams in the country, winning the SEC East in 2010 before ripping off three 11-2 seasons in a row and then being just a few 4th quarter defensive collapses away from another double-digit win total in 2014.
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