The Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation (EPI Center) at Voorhees University is organizing a Spring Professional Development Conference for educators. The conference is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Conference Center, located at 2100 Bush River Road, Columbia. Conference Theme: The theme forContinue Reading

Mary Alice Laubach, the Placement Chair at Dutch Fork Middle School in Lexington-Richland School District Five, has been honored with the Principal of the Year award for South Carolina by the South Carolina Council for Exceptional Children (SCCEC) for 2024. Despite not being a principal, individuals serving as the SpecialContinue Reading

  By Mike DuBose Consumers are plagued by soaring prices, empty shelves, and hard-to-find items since the Covid Pandemic interrupted supply chains. Families, with limited income, experienced the fiercest struggles, often depleting savings, borrowing money, or tapping retirement funds. Many are penny-pinching, even dangerously reducing vital medicines and food toContinue Reading

Lexington County deputies have arrested three teenage males in connection with an armed robbery and shooting in the Swansea area of Lexington County. According to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon, the incident occurred Wednesday evening. “After speaking with witnesses and victims, investigators determined one of the teens stole a gunContinue Reading

On Thursday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed into law H.3594, commonly known as the “permitless carry” or “constitutional carry” bill. The legislation makes South Carolina the 29th state in the United States to implement constitutional carry, allowing individuals aged 18 and older to openly carry loaded handguns without theContinue Reading

S.C. Floodwater Commission chair reflects on what’s to come here in the Palmetto State By Alex Junes-Ward   Dr. Tom Mullikin, the world-renowned global expedition leader from Camden, S.C., returned from Alaska’s annual Iditarod dogsled race between Anchorage and Nome, earlier this week. “The Iditarod race gained international fame asContinue Reading

The Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board (CCLMC) has announced that the headline act for the first Southeastern BBQ Showdown, scheduled for June 14-15 at Segra Park, will be the Grammy Award-winning country music band Alabama. With an impressive track record of 43 #1 singles and over 178 awards,Continue Reading

A group of talented students from Lexington-Richland School District Five showcased their musical skills at the Region 2 Band clinic held on February 23-24 at Lexington High School. The event featured students from various schools within the district, including Chapin High, Chapin Middle, Dutch Fork High, Dutch Fork Middle, IrmoContinue Reading