The Irmo Fire Department is putting on an exhibition at Moore Park this Saturday, June 20, starting at 9 am. The Irmo Fire High Intensity Team will showcase firefighting equipment and perform live demonstrations including a vehicle extrication. Firefighters will be in full fighting gear and explain everything during theContinue Reading
Lexington, SC (June 17, 2026) – Chief Terrence Green updated the Town of Lexington community on new developments related to the case of a missing woman during a press conference this afternoon.. The Lexington Police Department received a tip from the community that Elena Katherine Moore had been seen inContinue Reading
A shooting occurred at the Jerk Hut Restaurant located on the 1000 block of Zimalcrest Drive in Columbia on Sunday, June 14. Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to the scene around 3:30 am. and found Ty’shon Vogt, 25 of Irmo, dead from gunshot wounds. Several victims took themselves toContinue Reading
Lexington County Firefighters responded to an overturned vehicle on St. Andrews Road in front of Murraywood Shopping center June 14. The first responders used the jaws of life to extricate the driver through the roof of the vehicle. The driver was trapped in the SUV after it landed on itsContinue Reading
A structure fire at the River Oak Apartments displaced 23 residents the morning of June 15. Irmo Fire and crews from several other fire agencies responded to the two alarm blaze around 10 am at the 5300 block of Old Bush River Road. The building was engulfed in flames whenContinue Reading
Mullikin: “The ocean still possesses an extraordinary capacity for renewal if we are willing to act wisely and boldly” By Tom Mullikin [EDITOR’S NOTE: SCDNR Director Mullikin is pictured here in Folly Beach speaking with WCBD-TV Channel 2 News in Charleston following his address kicking off World Ocean Day in-and-off-the-coast-ofContinue Reading
A Friday morning fire caused extensive damage to Well Salon, located in Shoppers Walk at 7715 St. Andrews Road. According to officials, the fire was reported at approximately 9:30 a.m. on June 5. The business sustained significant fire, smoke, and water damage. No one was inside the building when theContinue Reading
Ceremony to be presided over by the Chief Justice of the S.C. Supreme Court and the SCDNR director By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Five law enforcement officers with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) will receive promotions during a formal rank-advancing and swearing-in ceremony at the University of SouthContinue Reading
SCDNR Director Tom Mullikin is aggressively going after environmentally dangerousabandoned watercraft and their former owners By W Thomas Smith Jr. Earlier this month, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) under the “commanding leadership” of Dr. Tom Mullikin targeted yet another abandoned vessel – a 60-foot barge – in S.C.Continue Reading
Crime Stoppers Global Solutions thwarting Serbian-crime organizations posing threat toAmerican highways – and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department connection By Chris Carter Crime Stoppers Global Solutions (CSGS), the international iteration of Crime Stoppershere in the U.S., recently met with federal investigators in Washington, D.C. to discuss alooming threat to publicContinue Reading
The Irmo Police Department arrested Joseph Seth Braxton at a residence in the New Friarsgate community on May 20, 2026, at approximately 10:30 a.m. Braxton faces multiple charges, including possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, drug trafficking, possession with intent to distribute, and possession ofContinue Reading