Browse past news stories for Dreher High School in Columbia, SC.

• Milestones (The State)
  posted on November 19, 2009 at 04:43:07 am
  COLUMBIA GREEN has awarded $11,000 in neighborhood and tree initiative grants for projects in the Columbia area. Winners of the neighborhood grants include Ashewood Neighborhood Association, Downtown Neighborhood Association, Historic Waverly Neighborhood, Strathaven Forest Subdivision, University Hills Neighborhood Association and the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum. Completion of each project is ...
• Fine day for oysters, and a festival (The State)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 04:49:02 am
  More than 4,000 pounds of oysters met up with 2,200 hungry people Sunday at downtown Columbia's 14th annual Oyster Festival.Were you spotted? Visit our snapshots galleryAlso: Our staff photo gallery
• College hoops preview: USC Upstate men, women (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
  posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:11:53 am
  Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. A quick look at the rosters and schedules for the USC Upstate men’s and women’s basketball teams.
• Giving a kidney, Marine gives hope (The State)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 05:04:07 am
  CHARLESTON - Maybe it was Cpl. Ryan Fackey's natural inclination to give away almost anything. Maybe it was his service as a U.S. Marine in Iraq, where he saw countless children who had lived much harder lives than his. Or perhaps his decision to give away a kidney simply was the answer to a chorus of prayers flowing from Columbia.Gallery: Saving Dani
• Scouts 'part of something big' + gallery (The State)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 05:04:24 am
  If violence rattled a number of Columbia inner-city neighborhoods this weekend, some of their most vulnerable residents wouldn't have been there to witness it.
• Break-ins soar in Columbia, dip in counties (The State)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:04:59 am
  Home burglaries in Columbia are up 32 percent so far this year over last year.
• Environmental activist joins race for mayor (The State)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:04:59 am
  Environmental activist and nature photographer Sparkle Clark announced her campaign for Columbia mayor Tuesday, pledging to fight for a "clean, lean and green" city government.
• This Week in the Arts (The State)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 04:02:25 am
  When "Extremities" opened at Trustus Theatre 25 years ago, it sent a message. "We wanted to come in and say that Trustus is not going to be your typical local theater," said Jim Thigpen, the play's director and Trustus' co-founder.
• Applying for college a long, costly, confusing journey (The State)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 04:02:25 am
  These are busy days for Amanda Loveday, a college admissions counselor at the University of South Carolina's Columbia campus.
• Center Stage: What's hot in the Midlands (The State)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 04:01:53 am
  FRIDAY, Oct. 16 Columbia Classical Ballet opens its season with two performances of "The Hunch
• Community Alamanac (The State)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 04:01:52 am
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• Columbia model out of 'Top Model' competition (The State)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 03:46:47 pm
  Bianca Richardson, a Columbia native who competed on the new season of "America’s Ne
• Columbia native could become ‘America’s Next Top Model’ (The State)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 04:02:18 am
  The new season of “America’s Next Top Model,” featuring Columbia native Bianca Richardson, will debut with a two-hour premiere at 8 tonight on the CW network, WZRB-47, Time Warner cable channel 13.
• Dreher High School graduate makes the cut for "America's Top Model" (Columbia Star)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 04:19:10 pm
  The CW Network's hit series "America's Next Top Model" kicks off season 13 Wednesday, September 9 with a two- hour premiere from 8- 10 pm with one of Columbia's own vying to become this year's "America's Top Model." This season the series breaks the mold by offering women 5'7" and under (below the industry height standard) the chance to become America's Next Top Model.
• Paul R. Redfern Aviation Society members toast hero's famous takeoff (Columbia Star)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 04:16:11 pm
  The story of aviator and adventurer, Paul Redfern proves that mystery lives long after its subjects are gone. And every year on August 25 at 12:46 pm, members of Columbia's Paul Rinaldo Redfern Aviation Society keep the story alive by toasting Redfern's historic takeoff from Sea Island, Ga., which reportedly occurred exactly 82 years earlier.
• True Fans: Game for Anything (The State)
  posted on August 30, 2009 at 04:04:55 am
  The true fan savors each season — and always hopes for the best Winning isn’t everything during the college football season.
• Joseph L. Hardegree Jr. (Columbia Star)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 06:08:43 pm
  Joseph L. Hardegree Jr. graduated from Dreher High School in 1953. He attended the University of South Carolina and was a graduate of Atlantic Christian College, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, and was a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.
• Events (Columbia Star)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 06:05:23 pm
  -ANIMALS Pet Adoption on the Lawn at Mars Petcare US, 1720 Pineview Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29209, will be held Saturday, September 12, 10 am- 2 pm. The event features discounted adoption fees, free admission and parking, and free food and beverage.
• Blue Sky, artist (Columbia Star)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 06:40:38 pm
  Henry Geldzahler, the late curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, said about Blue Sky's painting, "Fresh and bold...
• Dreher High Schedules Change Week Before School Begins (WLTX-TV Columbia)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 10:49:12 pm
  Columbia (WLTX) -- Parents of Dreher High School students are receiving phone calls through an automated system and letters in the mail to explain that student schedules have changed again.
• Dreher grad’s production explores mystique of tattoos (The State)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 04:02:07 am
  Kat Reynolds’ tattoos had long been a source of conversation and more than a few questions. Everywhere she went, it seemed, she was being asked the same things.
• Stephen Ard of Ard's Container Service (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 04:51:33 pm
  In nearby Lee County, railroad cars constantly carry garbage from New York and New Jersey for burial in the Allied Waste landfill near Bishopville. Solid waste management is big business in South Carolina, big enough to sell access out of state.
• Dancing • choreographing • teaching (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 04:45:04 pm
  When McCree O'Kelley was fastened into the $40,000 Mr. Mistoffelees costume for the first time, it was fulfillment of a dream that began years earlier as a sixth grader watching his first performance of "Cats." "It is one of those roles that you work really hard, but you also receive a lot of appreciation for that hard work," O'Kelley said.
• Wave of break-ins plagues Columbia (The State)
  posted on July 23, 2009 at 04:02:05 am
  Sophisticated burglars are hitting houses in the upscale Heathwood area of Columbia, disabling alarm systems and stealing jewelry, cash, guns - even piggy banks.
• South Carolina and history (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 05:43:20 pm
  Columbian Paul Redfern and his plane, the Port of Brunswick, left Sea Island, Georgia, to fly nonstop to Brazil 82 years ago. The plane and Redfern disappeared somewhere in South America and were never heard from again.
• Loss causes three- way tie (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 05:38:26 pm
  Running out of time, options and pitching, the coaches and officials of American Legion League 8 threw in the towel - or, more precisely, drew out of the hat - Saturday night. When Orangeburg Post 4 erased an early deficit and rolled past Richland Post 6, 11- 5, at Dreher High School field, the teams were left tied with Irmo- Chapin for second place at 10- 8.
• Post 6 playoff hopes alive (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 06:31:58 pm
  Early Tuesday afternoon, James Walkup was at Clemson University, attending summer session classes. As the sun set, he was on the mound at the Dreher High School field, trying to keep Richland Post 6's American Legion playoff hopes alive.
• Umpire hangs up uniform after 35 years (Columbia Star)
  posted on July 2, 2009 at 05:04:10 pm
  This summer, for perhaps the first time in 35 years, Columbia resident Bill Cheek went to a softball game just for the fun of it. "Someone called me to come out and watch their church softball game, and so I said, 'Sure,' and I went and enjoyed it.
• City, Pour It Now Skating Toward New Park (Free Times)
  posted on June 29, 2009 at 01:36:26 am
  Ever since a skate park at Owens Field was demolished in 2007, local skateboarders have had to practice their craft on Columbia’s sidewalks and streets instead of one central — and legal — location.
• Almanac (The State)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 04:01:40 am
  COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TUESDAY TEA TALK: Juneteenth celebration, 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Desserts & More, 4611 Hard Scrabble Road, Suite 101. Call (803) 754-5620 to reserve a spot for a little tea and history.