Killingsworth Home changes lives of women residents

Killingsworth, a women’s home for recovering addicts on Pendleton Street in University Hill, is not widely known to those who frequent the area near USC and Five Points. But while it doesn’t get much attention, the impact on residents is nowhere near small. Women battling addiction use the program to turn their lives around. (Photo:… Read More Killingsworth Home changes lives of women residents

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Late-night Five Points worker has different view of district’s crime, safety

It’s 3 a.m., and outside the Waffle House on Harden Street in Five Points small groups of men sit on the curb or lean against the restaurant’s wall, laughing and smoking. Inside, cook Tiffany Jones fixes a plate of bacon for a straggling customer. Jones, a third-year social services student at Benedict College and mother… Read More Late-night Five Points worker has different view of district’s crime, safety

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Psychic has been seeing future for 60 years in Columbia

Ms. Millie, whose sign outside her Augusta Road home promises help “with all of your problems,” has been a spiritual adviser in West Columbia for 60 years. Researchers are divided on whether psychic abilities like hers are legitimate. By Alex Buscemi Dec. 5, 2013 Show Ms. Millie your palm for a few minutes – and… Read More Psychic has been seeing future for 60 years in Columbia

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