Koons Watch The happenings of this past year have more people at home than ever before. Whether your favorite events are still canceled, your get-togethers have turned digital, your still working from home or you’re simply enjoying settling into family life more—one thing is for sure: we see a lotContinue Reading
Lexington County deputies arrested three Columbia residents Wednesday after finding catalytic converters and tools commonly used to remove the car parts during a traffic stop near Lake Murray. Joshua Devon Gantt, 27, is charged with transporting nonferrous metals, criminal conspiracy, unlawful neglect of a child, simple possession of marijuana,Continue Reading
Founded in 1961, Columbia City Ballet has grown into an icon of performing arts in the Palmetto State. Columbia City Ballet, the largest performing arts organization in the state of South Carolina, turns 60 years old this year. Columbia City Ballet is among the oldest ballet companies in the countryContinue Reading
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz, and their team are excited to return to South Carolina! They plan to film episodes of the hit series American Pickers throughout your area in March 2021. We understand that with the proliferation of COVID-19, we are all facing very uncertain times. We at American PickersContinue Reading
My husband retired from law enforcement at the beginning of this year. His K9 partner of 2 years, Sherri, has lived with us from the time she was a puppy. We are the first and only family she has ever had. Although she was a working dog, she was alsoContinue Reading
For 35 years members of St. Vincent de Paul Society, named for the patron saint of all works of charity, have given to the homeless in Columbia.”No one thinks about the homeless around Christmas time,” said Robert Keeder, Vice-President, Basilica of St. Peter St. Vincent de Paul Society in Columbia. “We atContinue Reading
Prisma Health has restricted patient visitation effective January 9, in the wake of a growing surge of COVID-19 infections across South Carolina. “We know that being with families is itself a healing therapy and so we wrestled with this decision. But we believe this measure is needed in the wakeContinue Reading
The COMET announced Jnauray 13 that a driver of Transportation Care Services (TCS), which operates DART and is a subcontractor of RATP Dev USA, Inc., has tested positive for coronavirus during the routine mandatory testing of all employees. The driver operated a paratransit route January 12 and early January 13.Continue Reading
South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents have arrested a Richland County convenience store owner and charged him with three counts of tax evasion. Amitkmar Vinubhai Gohel, 45, of Columbia, reported a total of $293,149 in sales for 2017 through 2019 for his two stores, though the actual sales wereContinue Reading
Koon’s Watch A new year brings up many feelings and opportunities to resolve to do certain things that may have missed the mark in 2020. Maybe we set goals to purge our closets, to make more friends or even be more organized. Whatever it might be that you want toContinue Reading