Good morning Columbia! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️ In today's newsletter: Why Columbia police flooded two local high school campuses ...

After the announcement that Midlands drag queen Kenya Pleaser will compete on season 18 of "RuPaul's Drag Race," the artist performed at Capital Club on Dec. 5, 2025. Columbia's "Lizzo of Drag" was ...

The Halloween season got underway in Columbia on Thursday with the Columbia Mardi Gras Halloween parade. This year's theme was "Villains Unleashed." The parade, sponsored by the Columbia Lions Club ...

The first weeks of Columbia's fall semester brought excitement, reunions, and plenty of Lion pride. New students experienced their first campus traditions, and returning students jumped back into ...

Considering her glamorous position at the start of Hollywood classic films, you might assume that Columbia Pictures’ lady with a torch had pure Hollywood heritage. But the Columbia logo comes from ...

Hamas captors cruelly taunted Israeli hostages with news stories and photos of antisemitic protests at Columbia University — and bragged about having an “army” of propagandists to spread their hate, ...

The indomitable Lady Columbia defends the United States with her snazzy patriotic shield, c. 1890. Library of Congress The first and longest-ruling mascot of the United States made her debut before ...

On the occasion of a series of films to be hosted by the Museum of Modern Art, “The Lady at 100: Columbia Classics From the Locarno Film Festival,” the cineastes-in-charge have seen fit to praise the ...

In our Uniquely series, The State journalists bring you the quirky and cool, historic and infamous, beloved and unforgettable, and everything-in-between stories of what makes the Midlands remarkable.

Sony’s Columbia Pictures movie studio has revealed that its European parent company booked a $24.1 million (£19.1 million) net profit in the year to March 31, 2024 thanks to its strong line up of ...

Check out some of the snowy scenes from around the Midlands on Tuesday and Wednesday. The South Carolina State House in Columbia, South Carolina is blanketed in snow on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.