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

Congressman Joe Wilson stopped by Coffee Talk on Tuesday morning Aug. 23 to talk with members of the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce. Rep. Wilson is on his annual bus tour which takes him and his staff throughout his congressional district visiting constituents and providing information about politics in WashingtonContinue Reading

Chief Terrence Green is providing a final update to the early morning shooting death investigation in the Mallard Lakes neighborhood on August 16, 2022, as the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office has reviewed this case and has ruled it as a justifiable homicide. It was found that the male victim actedContinue Reading

The Army Training Center and Fort Jackson will host a change of command ceremony Aug. 31 to welcome Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly as its new commanding general. The event will be at 9 a.m. on Victory Field. Kelly will become the 53rd commanding general for Fort Jackson. Kelly willContinue Reading