Lexington County detectives are working to generate leads in the investigation of a Saturday morning shooting in Lexington. “Deputies responded to The Hidden Tavern on Wing Hill road around 2:20 Saturday morning after calls about a fight there,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “As they were on the way,Continue Reading
Richland County Sheriff’s Department is lead agency in new missing persons documentary By W. Thomas Smith Jr. MISSING: DEAD OR ALIVE, a new NETFLIX documentary series featuring the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) as the principle law enforcement agency, premieres Wednesday, May 10. The series, chronicling the ongoing work ofContinue Reading
Richland County held a public meeting on Thursday, April 27 at Dutch Fork Elementary located on Broad River Road in Irmo to discuss the upcoming widening of US 76/176 or Broad River Road. The proposed widening would begin at Royal Tower Drive and end near Dutch Fork Road which isContinue Reading
The night leading up to Championship Sunday at the Marathon Bassmaster Elite at Lake Murray, Drew Benton was angry. He could hardly sleep. After claiming the Day 2 lead with back-to-back bags over 23 pounds, Benton barely made the cut for the final day after catching just 14 pounds on Semifinal Saturday. HeContinue Reading
Representatives Nathan Ballentine, Paula Rawl Calhoon, and former Representative Chip Huggins presented Miriam Atria with a House Resolution from the South Carolina General Assembly “To congratulate Miriam Atria, President/CEO of Capital City/Lake Murray Country, at the celebration of her forty years of service in the tourism industry and to wishContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named finalists for its 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year award. The finalists are: Grace Abbott, a Chapin High School English teacher; Cari Bonhomme, a Chapin Middle School Special Education teacher; and Dr. Sandra Markowitz, a Chapin Intermediate School Digital Integration Specialist. Abbott has served atContinue Reading
Marine Recon leader receives award earned only by a few good men By Alex Junes-Ward Rudy Reyes, star of FOX’s new hit television series SPECIAL FORCES: World’s Toughest Training, Britain’s Channel 4 SAS: WHO DARES WINS, and HBO’s 2008 miniseries GENERATION KILL, received one of Global Eco Adventures’ (GEA) mostContinue Reading
Every day, each of us is faced with making a multitude of decisions. Some decisions are easy to make, while others are difficult. I find that all the decisions I have ever made fall into two categories: situational or sustainable. Situational decisions temporarily address the problems of today yet haveContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named finalists for its 2023-2024 Support Employee of the Year award. The finalists are: Elizabeth Balog, a school social worker at Harbison West Elementary School; Clare Steele, a teacher assistant at Lake Murray Elementary School; and Tiffany Ulmer, a school social worker at the AcademyContinue Reading
Led by a robust organizing operation, conservative activists chalked up strong victories in the April 22nd Lexington County Republican Convention. 256 delegates participated in the biennial process which was presided over by State Rep. Jay Kilmartin (R-Chapin, Columbia, Irmo). County Party Grassroots Director Pamela Godwin was elected by acclamation asContinue Reading
Governor McMaster, others praise the Palmetto State, but say “we have work to do”By W. Thomas Smith Jr. COLUMBIA, S.C.– Governor Henry McMaster, U.S. Congressman Jeff Duncan, S.C.Senator Thomas Alexander, and Dr. Tom Mullikin, founder of Global Eco Adventures(GEA), celebrated with other VIPS – legislators, business and military leaders, anduniversityContinue Reading