Decisions must be made "above board and clear of all inside baseball ..."
Crony capitalists face off with developers over future of crime-ridden district ...
"Rather than creating distractions ... it is time for leaders to focus on what citizens and taxpayers are desperate for."
Samantha Lee Josephson was last seen early Friday morning in the Five Points region of downtown Columbia, S.C.
It’s been a week since the latest shooting in the Five Points region of downtown Columbia, South Carolina – and area’s business association has yet to...
Does it have one?
ONCE-THRIVING DISTRICT IS LOSING BUSINESSES … There’s been no shortage of sad news recently regarding the Five Points region of downtown Columbia, S.C. Three restaurants in...
UBER CLASSY? We quit frequenting downtown Columbia, S.C.’s Five Points district years ago. At least after dark. How come? It just got too dangerous … We’ll...
In response to The Free Times writing about the Michael Juan Smith case I wrote a counter-opinion. This rebuttal is in no way a representation of...
Twenty-year-old shooting suspect Michael Juan Smith will claim he acted in self-defense when he fired the bullet that paralyzed an 18-year-old University of South Carolina student....