Dear Editor,
In response to the article on Sept. 13, page 4A, concerning the Columbia Police Department handling the mentally ill: The direction Chief Michael Kelly is going on handling those people could very well bring a question of liability to the city.
Dear Editor,
We have all heard the phrase “A dog is man’s best friend.” While living in the county and not having a "leash law" and with so many of them running loose, it makes a person wonder if man is really caring for his “best friend” as he should.
Dear Editor,
Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2018, was the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We remember so well the day Aug. 29, 2005, when Katrina hit.
Gales started at 10 a.m., which brought down a tree on our den in our rental home at 1302 Willow Drive. An hour later came a large limb through the center of the master bedroom.
Dear Editor,
With a new academic year upon us and the start of football season just days away, we are united across our campuses and with the leadership of our state university system on how best to respond to legalized college sports betting.
Dear Editor,
I am from Columbia and my husband is from Sandy Hook, south of Columbia. We both moved on in multiple ways a long time ago. Yesterday, I was reading aloud the list of newspapers that printed editorials stating that they are not the enemy of the people.
Dear Editor,
Fest disappoints Confederate heritage group
The recent Freedom Fest held in downtown Columbia on July 7 was intended to be a fun and beneficial event for everyone, and I am quite sure that it was for most. Unfortunately that was not the case for one booth in particular.
Dear Editor,
Politicians do not listen.
Dear Editor,
Thriving communities are distinguished by an engaged and dynamic free press, which is willing to speak truth to power. With The Columbian-Progress to represent us, Marion County qualifies.
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