The South Carolina Agricultural Council is holding its Fall Agricultural Tour on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

The S.C. Bar Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Voices Against Violence Committee is collecting personal care items for its 2012 Necessities and Paper Products Drive. Items will be donated to various domestic violence shelters throughout the state.

This October 7-13 the American Red Cross encourages families and businesses to learn how to protect themselves and others from fires in observance of National Fire Prevention Week.  Last year, the Red Cross responded to about 63,000 home fires across the country by providing comfort and basic necessities to more than 82,000 families.

“We respond to a disaster every eight hours across the Columbia Region,” said Scott R.