“I feel great. I feel relieved. I feel renewed. I feel refreshed.” That was 38-year-old Juan Venerable’s reaction after being baptized by Jonathan Phillip Arnold Jr., 20, at Finlay Park in Columbia.- 2:25 PM
It’s an organic process. Beginning with bubble wrap and shredded paper, employees of Studio 2LR were creating a fashion masterpiece from recyclable materials.- 5:19 PM
The question hangs in the air alongside the smell of hot dogs on the grill. Pre-game music blares from Ron Stevenson’s Gamecock van. Garnet and black decorate every inch of outdoor space.- 6:52 AM
If living a long life is in the genes, then the Anderson sisters got a heaping helping of heredity.- 8:50 AM
A tap of the foot leads to a clap of the hands and a voice leads others in a rising symphony of sound. It resonates across the wooden church pews, echoes through the sanctuary and spills out the doors.- 8:08 AM
Best friends — like 10-year-old Janiya Kinard, left, and 9-year-old Cicely Wise, rehearsing before their Feb. 4 performance — do a lot of things together.- 7:33 AM
Molly Flynn was perhaps destined to be a lifelong regular at Andy’s Deli in Five Points. “I’ve been coming here since I was little, he actually sent my mom a sandwich in the hospital when she was having me!” Flynn says of owner, Andy Shlon.- 6:30 AM
Many come to the laundromat simply to do laundry. Some folks come to Suds Super Laundromat Bar and Grill — one of the few Columbia laundromats to serve alcohol — to enjoy a cold beer and the wailing of the jukebox.- 7:04 AM
There once was a gingerbread woman named Star. She lived in a beautiful house covered with sugarcoated gumdrops, M&Ms and a multitude of marshmallows.
Gingerbread House Workshop- 12:12 AM
In a far-off land called The Village at Sandhill, at a place referred to as Town Center Commons, marked by three roads that merge by a large fountain, stands a quaint little cottage where Santa can be seen. SLIDESHOW: Go inside Santa's Cottage- 12:08 AM
When John and Sue Carroll took their four children from their Blythewood home to the corn maze in Lexington, they made only one wrong turn getting there. But the errant turns multiplied once they began their trek through the Pirate’s Treasure Adventure maze at Clinton Sease Farms.- 7:06 AM
As the weather turns chilly and leaves begin turning color, autumn aficionados make their way up the winding, seven-mile-long road to Caesars Head State Park in northwest South Carolina.- 12:35 PM
To some, it’s just a sunken boat. To 11-year-old Michael “Little Mike” Archie, center, and his friends, William Crawford, 6, left, and Mark Dennis, 9, it’s the best fishing hole in the world.
- 7:32 AM
Anne Reynolds occasionally gets a group of 20-something women with various cooking skills together to have a cooking class at the Happy Cafe inside the Happy Bookseller on Forest Drive.- 12:35 PM
“Scoop and kick, scoop and kick, scoop and kick!” Swim instructor Katie Brasier repeats the phrase as she glides through the wading area of the junior Olympic-sized pool. The Greer Natatorium at Columbia College is filled with sounds of splashing and encouragement.- 6:53 AM
About 25 minutes east of Columbia, just off U.S. 21, the sun eases down as a best friend is laid to rest. Rachel Robinson Geddings, 15, says goodbye to “the sweetest cat ever.”
- 12:35 PM
Signs marked in heavy ink sprout along U.S. 321 a half mile before pointing you west on County Road 39.- 12:35 PM
Every 45 minutes or so, 6-year-old Noelle Smith snuggles up to her mommy’s tummy and rubs it in small circular motions.
- 12:35 PM
After putting on his gown, 6-year-old Dylan Richbourg, second from right, struggled with the longest zipper he’d ever encountered.
- 12:35 PM
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