District Five has announced its policy for free and and reduced price meals for children served in schools under the National School Lunch program and the School Breakfast program. Contact school officials for household size and income criteria for determining eligibility. Children from families whose income is at or belowContinue Reading
The Lake Murray Symphony Orchestra will offer a Star Spangled Symphonic Salute concert July 3 at 8 pm at Saluda Shoals Park. The concert is free with the $5 per car park admission. The performance will pay tribute to the founding of the nation with patriotic music. Bring your lawnContinue Reading
During National Small Business Week in May, the South Carolina Small Business Administration (SBA) District Office held a Salute to Small Business Matchmaker Event & Awards Ceremony in Columbia. The mission of the event is to connect the state’s small businesses to new opportunities and resources and to honor SouthContinue Reading
The 31st Annual 4th of July Celebration at Lake Murray will be held June 29 at noon. Showing pride for the nation and sign up your business, family, or friends to be a part of the patriotic celebration. The Parade will start at Bomb Island and head towards the LakeContinue Reading
Sara Goldsby, Director of the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS), received the 12th Annual Ramstad/Kennedy Award for Outstanding Leadership this morning (June 6) during the Annual Meeting of the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors Inc. (NASADAD). Established in honor ofContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five will offer an additional lottery selection process for available seats at Chapin Elementary School (CES) and Lake Murray Elementary School (LMES) for the 2019-2020 school year. In May, the district offered a lottery opportunity for students reassigned to other schools due to Phase I and PhaseContinue Reading
A Celebration of Life Service for Charles “Charlie” Logan Higgins, Sr., 77, was held on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Mr. Higgins passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Prisma Health Heart Hospital. He was born in Columbia, the oldest son of the lateContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named longtime administrator Danielle Major-Murphy the new principal of the Academy For Success. Major-Murphy has served as assistant principal of instruction at Dutch Fork Middle School since 2017. Prior to that job, she served as assistant principal at Irmo Middle School and Newberry Middle School.Continue Reading
Amanda Boyeson was graduated from Sherman College of Chiropractic June 15. She will be joining her brother Dr. Matthew Boyeson at their family owned and operated Chiropractic clinic, Midlands Family Chiropractic. She is an Irmo native, returning home to give back to the community that helped her achieve her success.Continue Reading
Followers of today’s political news are treated to plenty of fireworks, fanfare and theatrics. There’s talk of contempt charges and constitutional crises, of tariffs and of the emergence of socialism in American politics. Presidential candidates are making grand promises and are ratcheting up the rhetoric as they elbow for theContinue Reading
The local branch of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (SCNAREB) is offering a free housing platform in conjunction with BB&T for potential homeowners this Monday, June 24 from 10 am to 4 pm, at the parking lot of First Nazareth Baptist Church at 2351 Gervais Street, Columbia. The homeownership eventContinue Reading