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Jordan Lawrence
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Post and Courier Columbia editor. Tar Heel. Past lives: The State newspaper, Lexington County Chronicle.
Conducting meetings today from the Dean Dome, a building that has yet to see a loss this year, unlike Rupp Arena. #GoHeels
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Big Thief’s Double Infinity is the best Kurt Vile album.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Extremely proud of the work the team at Post and Courier Columbia has put out in my first month here. All of it.
December 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Your soup can be 10% less satisfying than I'm counting on if you load me down with oyster crackers.
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Stygian Bough: Volume II, by BELL WITCH & AERIAL RUIN
4 track album
bellwitch.bandcamp.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A team needs a leader, Bill.

And a public servant (that’s you, mister high-paid COLLEGE coach) owes the people answers.

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November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Tar Heel vibe tonight.
a man in a suit and tie is saying " please god just let this end "
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November 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Happy leftovers day from this banging lentil Wellington
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Increasingly convinced Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan is the best Mountain Goats album since The Life of the World to Come (2009). themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...
Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, by the Mountain Goats
12 track album
themountaingoats.bandcamp.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
Columbia nonprofit Homeless No More has dozens of housing units under construction or in development across the Midlands, a decade after endeavoring to build affordable housing to meet the region’s shortage.

Read more: www.postandcourier.com/columbia/bus...
Columbia hopes 100 new housing units will help battle homelessness, revive struggling neighborhood
Homeless No More, a Columbia, SC, nonprofit operating an emergency shelter for homeless families, is a decade in to a pursuit to build affordable housing.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My first Free Times live review in a long time reflects on a weekend when Columbia felt like it took a step forward. www.postandcourier.com/free-times/l...
Live Review: Finlay Park reopening, Jam Room Music Festival gave Columbia reason to be proud
Read a live review of the music festivals that took over Columbia, SC Finlay Park during its reopening weekend following $25 million renovation.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Legends never die.
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So many variations of the same very correct sentiment here, all of them so good to read right now: Lisa Willis WAS Free Times.

She was the best, and I'll miss her.

www.postandcourier.com/free-times/n...
‘The keeper of the vibe’: Remembering Lisa Willis, the heart and soul of Free Times for 31 years
A 30-year veteran of Free Times, Lisa Willis passed away Oct. 29, 2025. She’s remembered for her hard work, dedication and relentlessly funny and social spirit.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Time for the personal news.

Feeling incredibly lucky to keep doing the work I love in a city I love. Columbi-YEAH.

www.postandcourier.com/columbia/new...
Jordan Lawrence named Columbia editor of The Post and Courier
A seasoned journalist with over a decade of experience, Jordan Lawrence said he is excited to continue his work covering Columbia and the SC Midlands.
www.postandcourier.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today was my last day with The State newspaper. Next stop to be announced soon (I’m not going far).

Working for The State, as a reporter and then an editor, was one of my most fulfilling experiences in journalism.
October 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
So here it is, my old-man-est tweet to date:

I maybe think Sloan put out the best album of the year.

sloanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/based-...
Based on the Best Seller, by Sloan
12 track album
sloanmusic.bandcamp.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
Columbia says paying the verdict would impact “its ability to provide essential public services.”
Columbia ordered to pay former car wash nearly $6M. Will it mean city cuts?
Columbia says paying the verdict would impact “its ability to provide essential public services.”
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October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
Join The State reporters at The Tent Coffee Shop in Lexington, SC, on Oct. 10 to discuss local news coverage, growth and other issues. https://bit.ly/4pJLBrO?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=b1249635-cbcc-4e27-a25c-3c2e73f27210&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Hey Lexington, we want to hear what you want from your local news. Come on out to talk to @thestate.com reporters covering your community next Friday, Oct. 10! www.thestate.com/news/local/a...
Meet us for another Coffeehouse Conversation. Share your ideas in Lexington
We want to hear from you. Share your story ideas with us in one of the Midlands’ quickly growing towns.
www.thestate.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
The city of Cayce paid a communications firm more than $26,000 for a campaign to promote its police department after a reporter’s public records request ignited concerns from city officials about a negative news story from those documents.

Read the full story: bit.ly/46Avns8
September 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
SC Republicans who called for Clemson University employees to be fired have previously championed free speech.
SC Republicans called to fire over Kirk posts. What they say about free speech
SC Republicans who called for Clemson University employees to be fired have previously championed free speech.
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September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Always nice when your buds have a genuinely ripping band. @doomsdayprofit.bsky.social have a new album, and it's the sludgy end times soundtrack you've been looking for. doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com/album/doomsd...
Doomsday Profit, by Doomsday Profit
9 track album
doomsdayprofit.bandcamp.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
More SC church breakup news. This time it's a 140-year-old Columbia Lutheran church looking to break away from the national denomination. www.thestate.com/living/relig...
Columbia church votes to leave its denomination. Bishop blames ‘misinformation’
Why most members of a 140-year-old South Carolina church are considering changing their affiliation.
www.thestate.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Reposted by Jordan Lawrence
Why are the children of a public school board chair going to a private school? And is that a problem? www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
She chairs a public Midlands school board. Her kids are going to private school
Why a public school official in the Columbia area decided to send her children to a private school out of the district.
www.thestate.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I moved to Columbia in December 2013. Tonight, I go to my first Gamecock home football game.
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September 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM