But television personality Jan Jeffcoat makes her own and, in the process, has gone from Columbia storyteller to nationally ...

Welcome to our 2027 Best of Columbia Ballot! You’ve nominated and now it’s time to vote! Please choose the names of your favorite local businesses in the categories below. The voting process will ...

midnight on Monday, May 18th. One vote per person. Any entries that are believed to be the result of ballot stuffing will be deleted.

Devorah Marrus, founder of Devorah Marrus Therapy, LLC, has built a practice that blends clinical excellence with genuine warmth and care. She listens closely to the concerns of each individual, ...

Columbia Metropolitan Magazine’s Capital Young Professional Awards honors local professionals age 35 and under who work toward making Columbia a strong, thriving community. As in years past, our ...

With the encouragement and support of Gov. and Mrs. Henry McMaster, the Governor’s Mansion Commission began a project in 2017 to plant a new generation of trees and to refurbish the Mansion Gardens.

Marion Smith was 5 years old when the Berlin Wall fell. Thirty years on, his message to America and the world is simple: “The Berlin Wall fell, but communism didn’t. And, as Americans, we take our ...

It began as one of those “Who knew?” moments. Standing outside a restaurant in Myrtle Beach, surrounded by palm trees, including a pindo palm with stems laden with orange colored fruit, my mom ...

For the first time in 12 years, Columbia has a new man at the helm. Walking into our beautiful City Hall, second only to the State House as the oldest government building in the city, I was excited to ...

Izzy twists her head as she scans her surroundings with the discerning eye of a trained hunter. Toes tipped with sharp talons adjust their grip on her perch. She stretches her wings once, twice. Then, ...

A once shy and lonely young woman found pageant competition as her path to confidence and success. Today Sarah Kay Wrenn — known to those closest to her as SK — is the reigning 2025 Miss South ...

One evening in 1966, C.W. Bowman arrived home to find his mother crying on the front porch. His father grinned, greeted him with a mock salute, and handed him a brown envelope. “I said, ‘Well, I guess ...