With Labor Day behind us, we’re getting closer to cooler weather with every passing day – the kind of days that make a bike ride at Harbison State Forest, a hike at Congaree National Park, or a hunt in the Sumter National Forest not just tolerable but even inviting. SouthContinue Reading
Local powerlifter Lawrence Brimfield breaks NFL Combine record on bench press By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Seven weeks after One Life Fitness (1LF)–Sandhills hosted its first-ever 1,000-pound club powerlifting event in northeast Columbia, one of that gym’s sister facilities, 1LF-Forest Acres held its also-first Fall4All event with the same big-threeContinue Reading
Award is the namesake of Sheriff Leon Lott By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Martial arts practitioner and acclaimed instructor for U.S. and foreign special operations forces Ben “Yeti” Rhodes was awarded the S.C. Black Belt Hall of Fame’s prestigious “LEON LOTT – FIRST THROUGH THE DOOR” AWARD,” during a privateContinue Reading
The Lake Murray-Irmo Rotary named Sawyer Davis, a fifth grader at Dutch Fork Elementary, their Student of the Month for September. “Sawyer is the perfect example of Service Above Self. He is academically gifted, helps with the morning news show and goes out of his way to help his classmatesContinue Reading
Photo: Pinckney holding book cover courtesy of Sporting Classics Daily. By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net In Burning The Days, James Salter wrote of his fellow fighter pilots after Korea vanished from his gunsights. “Once in a while in a locker room or bar I would hear a remark thatContinue Reading
IRMO, S.C. — Before the okra starts frying and the festivities get underway, multi-platinum country artist Collin Raye will help kick off Okra Strut weekend in Irmo. Raye will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College. The acoustic performance is being held inContinue Reading
The Columbia Philatelic Society will hold its winter stamp show Sept. 25 and 26 at the Tri-City Leisure Center, 485 Brooks Ave., in West Columbia. The show will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Fourteen professional stamp dealers willContinue Reading
This picture of a tennis player hitting a topspin forehand shows several similarities to the golf swing just before impact. Notice how the player has shifted his weight forward and turned his body toward the target. His head has also started to turn, allowing his eyes to see down theContinue Reading
Members of the 2026 River Bluff High School Homecoming Court are, from left, Miss Freshman Fynley Coker, Miss Sophomore Jennie Lee, Miss Junior Anna Heath Ray, Miss Senior Kaitlyn Myers and 2026 Homecoming Queen Aine Kim. Photo by River Bluff High School Center for the ArtsContinue Reading
(Photo by Lexington High School) By Thomas Grant Jr. Lightning storms continued to interrupt high school games around Lake Murray this past Friday. Despite in-contest delays, Lexington County District One teams mostly came out on the winning ends. Lexington, White Knoll, Gilbert and River Bluff were all victorious as allContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Back-to-back sweeps over Lexington District One rivals has the River Bluff volleyball team atop the Region 3-5A standings. The Lady Gators opened region play by defeating White Knoll 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-12). Karis Ketterling had nine of her team’s 32 kills and 11 digs, freshman FaithContinue Reading