Girl Scouts of South Carolina—Mountains to Midlands and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have announced the new Raspberry Rally cookie will join its nationwide lineup for the 2023 Girl Scout Cookie Season. The thin, crispy cookie is a “sister” cookie to Thin Mints, infused with raspberry flavor instead ofContinue Reading

Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) has announced the promotion of Jackie Bowers to Director of Operations. In this position, Bowers will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the prime contractor to ensure service is being delivered every day and she will continue to direct the customerContinue Reading

The South Carolina State Fair is now accepting entries for this year’s competitive exhibits, which will be on display October 12-23. The annual exhibits will showcase South Carolina’s finest in agriculture, arts, crafts, flowers and livestock. Those wishing to compete can view the Exhibit Guide and enter online now throughContinue Reading

Sean Madden  Sean practices multiple mediums, but primarily oil and acrylic. Favorite subjects to paint are landscapes, seascapes and all things old, such as buildings, cars and farm equipment.   Madden says, “I am an army brat whose family settled in Irmo when I was six. My mother was a painter andContinue Reading

The 2022 XVI Black Bass World Championship has become a historic celebration of bass fishing. Nations from across the globe will compete for bronze, silver and gold medals on Lake Murray. This includes anglers from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The event has drawn so muchContinue Reading

The Ballentine Community Center is starting a chair volleyball program. Chair volleyball offers friendly competition, while also providing a way to have fun being active. Because players are required to remain seated, chair volleyball allows those with physical limitations to participate on a level playing field with those who mayContinue Reading

Luzianna Purchase in Murraywood Centre on St. Andrews Road serves up comfort food. The Louisiana-inspired restaurant also caught the attention of HGTV.  The channel recently filmed from Luzianna Purchase as part of their My Lottery Dream Home series where David Bromstad takes recent lottery winners on over-the-top house hunts forContinue Reading

Columbia Children’s Theatre (CCT) has announced the 2022/23 season lieneup. CCT has both a Mainstage season featuring professional actors and a YouTheatre Season featuring young performers grades 1-12. The Mainstage season kicks off with Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the School Bus. An adaptation of Mo Willems’ #1 New YorkContinue Reading

How the Richland County Sheriff’s Department continues to lead from the front By W. Thomas Smith Jr. I’ve frequently written about specific historic FIRSTS achieved by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) in terms of law enforcement, community outreach, security and protection of those serving within our department: Everything fromContinue Reading