Sweet potatoes or yams what’s the difference? Contestants entering the Jubilee: Festival of Heritage Yam Cook-Off will probably be able to distinguish between the two. Historic Columbia Foundation is seeking contestants for the Cook-Off which will be held on Friday, August 27, 2010 from 6p.m. – 8p.m. at the Big Apple, 1000 Hampton Street, Columbia, South Carolina.

African-American leaders denounced TV and radio pundit Glenn Beck’s Tea Party rally next month that will occur on the same date and at the same spot where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech nearly 50 years ago.

COLUMBIA, SC – The spotlight is on local community hero Dr. Stuart Hamilton when the 2010 Feeding Dreams campaign launches in August. Dr. Hamilton is Columbia’s Community Champion as part of the Feeding Dreams grassroots initiative supported by General Mills that celebrates African-Americans’ commitment to community service at the local level. Dr. Hamilton’s compassion for his neighbors is paired with a deep-rooted passion for creating a more vibrant city through the causes he champions daily in Columbia’s neighborhoods.

The Greater Columbia Central Labor Council of the SC AFL-CIO has endorsed Green Party US Senate candidate Tom Clements in his bid against incumbent Republican Senator Jim DeMint and Democratic senatorial nominee Alvin Greene.