The CAST FOR KIDS fourth annual special needs kids fishing event was held at Billy Dreher Island State Park on June 7. The event was sponsored by Mt. Horeb Methodist Church, the Lake Murray Seniors Bass Club, Frank’s Car Wash, Joy Day Program, and the Midstate Dove and Quail Club.Continue Reading
The DriftJam Flotilla Music Festival brought out hundreds of boaters on Saturday, June 1, as the waterways were slam packed around Spence Island on Lake Murray. The six year old annual festival has become a summer event and helps support military and first responders. 9/11 Remembrance Foundation of SC wasContinue Reading
Dreher Island State Park will be the site of the 6th annual Paddle Bender event this Saturday, June 1, and local sculptor has donated two special prizes. The event is a fundraiser for wildlife rehabilitation with PAWS Animal Wildlife Sanctuary the recipient this year. Some of the permanent wildlife patientsContinue Reading
IRMO – Lexington-Richland School District Five is participating in the Summer Food Service Program again this year. The program will begin on June 10 and end on August 1. Meals will not be offered during the week of July 1, 2019. All children ages 2-18 are eligible for the service.Continue Reading
The Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission (ICRC) has honored Marty Bridges with the ICRC Community Spirit Award. Bridges has served the Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission for more tham 40 years, filling various volunteer roles including a youth football coach, Advisory Council member, Seven Oak Park Improvement committee, Saluda Shoals Foundation member,Continue Reading
William Bowman, Jr. of Irmo was honored and presented a Resolution on behalf of the SC House of Representatives May 23 at the USC Alumni Center. He is Retiring from the US Probation Office after 23 years.Continue Reading
The Comet has reactivated bus service along I-26 to Newberry. The route is known as Route 93X – I-26 Express takes passengers between Newberry, Samsung, Little Mountain, Chapin, Ballentine, Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge, Harbison Walmart, Prisma Health Richland to Downtown Columbia. The route operates a complete round trip in theContinue Reading
The Lake Murray Association, known as ‘The Voice of Lake Murray’, reached a milestone this month celebrating their 25th anniversary during their quarterly meeting held on Tuesday, May 28. LMA President Dave Landis greeted the crowd which included past presidents, board members and representatives from law enforcement, SCDNR and Dominion Energy.Continue Reading
The South Carolina State Fair is adding a mix of new attractions to this year’s event in celebration of its 150th anniversary fair, which has been themed – Prize Winning Memories, October 9-20, in Columbia. The S.C. State Fair will showcase a free, daily Circus at the Fair, featuring showsContinue Reading
Twelve nurses from across Prisma Health system were honored at the annual Palmetto Gold gala April 27, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Ranging from the Emergency Department to Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, these extraordinary team members join an elite group of exceptional nurses statewide. Local Prisma Health 2019 PalmettoContinue Reading
Over the course of the past four months, the Leadership Columbia Class of 2019 has collectively devoted more than 900 hours of work toward exterior and interior beautification of the Babcock Center’s Shop Road facility, as well as extensive marketing and branding efforts for the organization. “Out of the 10Continue Reading