Mark Anthony Brewing will kickstart the new year by hiring more than 150 employees for its now operational $400 million, state-of-the-art brewing and production facility at Pineview Industrial Park in Columbia.

Because of changes to state law, business owners in Richland County will not have to renew their business licenses at the start of the new year.

Richland County Government offices and drop-off sites will operate on altered schedules because of the upcoming Christmas holiday.

County Councilwoman Gretchen Barron is organizing a town hall meeting Thursday, Jan. 6 to discuss a map amendment request on Killian Road in Columbia.

This week, Richland County Council began the process of redrawing maps of the County’s 11 Council districts.