By Linda L. Warren, FSO – Public Affairs, Flotilla 12-3 Lake Murray Every year we read or hear about a fisherman who has gone missing on Lake Murray, only to be found hours or days later, sometimes in good shape, sometimes not. A Float Plan is one of the bestContinue Reading
The Greater Columbia Rose Society’s Work Day will be May 6, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Prisma Health Richland Hospital located at 5 Richland Medical Park Dr, Columbia, SC 29203. The Rose Garden is in the front of the hospital by the water fountain. This will beContinue Reading
The Town of Irmo held the Irmo International Festival on Sunday, April 30 in the Community Park of Irmo. Vendors represented different culinary delights from around the world. There was entertainment, dancing, face painting, balloons and lots of colorful costumes.Continue Reading
The Rosewood Crawfish Festival will be held May 6. It recently announces its lineup of musicians for the 2023 event. Taking place at the SC State Fairgrounds, the festival will feature a Louisiana crawfish boil, food trucks, kid rides and amusements, and local art vendors. All proceeds raised by theContinue 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
Vivek Ramaswamy visits Irmo Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy spoke with nearly 50 patrons at the Lizard’s Thicket in Irmo located at 7569 St. Andrews Rd., on Saturday, April 29. Visiting Irmo is part of his 4-day bus tour of South Carolina which began on Thursday and included a stop atContinue 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
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
John H. Holladay, Jr. recently celebrated 100 years of age and has been living a rich and full life.Holladay is a true Renaissance man. He was born in Gable South Carolina, a small community in Clarendon County, April 7, 1923. His childhood consisted of moving to Wrightsville, Georgia during theContinue 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 andContinue Reading
The North Columbia Business Association (NCBA)/North Main (NOMA) District has announced the return of the South Carolina Cornbread Festival April 30 from 11 am – 6 pm at 2847 N. Main Street. The NCBA/NOMA District hosts South Carolina’s only event dedicated to the love of cornbread. Festivities will include liveContinue Reading