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SNAPSHOTS from the 2013 Taste of Black Columbia

Columbians pose for a photo between sampling food from local chefs and caterers at the 3rd Annual...

At the S.C. National Guard Joint Operations Center, Col. Ken Rosado briefs the group on the nature of the disaster and answers any questions. This month, the S.C. National Guard participate in a NORAD and USNORTHCOM sponsored exercise that focuses on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA). Ardent Sentry 13 is an exercise that involves multi state response to a simulated category 3 hurricane and the fallout involved in that storm including a hazardous material spill. Guardsmen gather at the S.C. National Guard Joint Operations Center in Columbia to be briefed and receive their orders in their mobilization.

SC National Guard scrambles to handle big disasters

Four-day military exercise puts 1,500 S.C. National Guard members in intense simulation of potentially...

Crime

A still image taken from SC Bureau of Protective Services dashcam video shows officers processing SC Rep. Ted Vick during a DUI arrest the night of May 14 in a State House parking garage.

WATCH THE VIDEO: ‘I can’t believe I got handcuffs on me at the State House,’ Ted Vick says

That’s one of the things state Rep. Ted Vick was heard saying Tuesday night when he was arrested on a DUI charge in the State House parking garage...

SC Politics

SC Senate to take up controversial school-choice proposal

The S.C. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial school-choice proposal next week that the upper house’s leader says “could be very...

Sports

Lexington High baseball team celebrates their 4-0 win over Blythewood to give them the Class 4A State Championship Friday night at Carolina Stadium.

Lexington beats Blythewood to win 4A baseball championship

Reagan pitches three-hit shutout to lead Wildcats to state title Friday nigh at Carolina Stadium

Business

A group of golfers play No. 18 at Harbour Town Golf Course at Hilton Head Island Wednesday, April 14, 2011. The course which was the first design for Jack Nicklaus in collaboration with Pete Dye, is one of The State's 18 Classic Courses in South Carolina. Harbour Town annually plays host to the PGA Tour's Heritage Tournament.

Hilton Head golf courses hope to tee up new success

Southern Beaufort County’s golf industry has taken its licks from the Great Recession. During the economic downturn, the number of rounds played...

Living

"Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh" opens Friday at the Columbia Museum of Art. The show is the first retrospective museum exhibition of Naifeh's paintings and sculptures. Naifeh is pictured in front of one of his pieces titled "Uzbek VI, 2013. The panels are acrylic with LED lights.

Harmonic patterns: New exhibit at Columbia Museum of Art

“Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh” exhibits art influenced by Arab and Islamic culture and art

Opinion

From the interminable lines on Election Day to bungled vote counting and now a botched selection process for a new director, the Richland County Board of Elections and Voter Registration has mishandled its job at every turn

Editorial: Richland County’s unaccountable elections board’s days should be numbered

WHY DOES the Richland County Board of Elections and Voter Registration as we know it even exist?

Military

U.S. Navy Veteran Frank Jordan studies Biology at the University of South Carolina with plans to return to the Navy and eventually become a pilot. He has been at USC for two years now while working at the Center for Science Education.

Navy man in the sky, scholar in classroom

On the University of South Carolina campus, Frank Jordan blends in. He is quiet and keeps to himself, and on the surface, he is indistinguishable from...

Nation/World

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks... 1 hour ago