The Mungo Homes Foundation held its first-ever Week of Giving December 6 – 10. “We have a vision of wanting to leave the world better than we found it. Helping those less fortunate is a really big step in that direction,” CEO Steven Mungo said. “We can make all theContinue Reading
Dominion Energy launched its annual Good Neighbor Fund Christmas Project across the Midlands this month as employees delivered more than 550 food baskets and hundreds of toys to families facing financial challenges and other hardships this holiday season. Employee volunteers braved chilly temperatures and rain for the annual event atContinue Reading
Darren Norris, representing Franklin Defense, spoke recently at the St. Andrews Optimists’ breakfast meeting. A 1990 Irmo High School graduate, Norris has a U.S. Navy and civilian law enforcement background and blends that experience into his current activities. The first such venture is his ongoing training of a variety ofContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Nearing the midway point of the District Five winter break, holiday tournaments are already underway with more to come next week. After last week’s district matchups between Irmo, Dutch Fork and Chapin, they all go their separate ways this week and next as some of them participateContinue Reading
School District Five physical education teacher, Amber Hege, has been elected as the Vice President-Elect of Physical Education on the 2021-2022 South Carolina Association of Physical Education and Sports (SCAPES) board. “I am honored to represent Middle-Level Physical Education and all students through SCAPES,” Hege said. “I look forward toContinue Reading
One student from Lexington-Richland School District Five was one of 11 middle and high school students this year to be named a Carolina Master Scholar Ava Grant from Spring Hill High School was part of the 18th graduating class earning the designation Carolina Master Scholar for her successful completion ofContinue Reading
A 13-year-old boy was killed while handling a firearm at the Harbison Garden Apartments on Sunday, December 19. The victim and another boy had the gun in their possession around 11 pm that evening when it discharged killing the boy. Investigators from the Columbia Police Department are looking into howContinue Reading
Studio 3P, LLC is proud to announce that their lead photographer, Kimberly Case, has artwork that has been accepted into the prestigious ArtFields 2022 competition. The self-portrait created during the pandemic lockdown of 2020 features a stoic nurse holding a large COVID molecule as if it were a regal sphere,Continue Reading
The second set of families to enjoy Irmo Police Department’s Shop With A Cop program gathered at the Walmart on Dutch Fork Rd. on Thursday, December 16. Each year the Irmo Police Department supported by the Irmo Police Department Community Foundation lets underprivileged families shop for toys and goodies forContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five will hold their second Magnet Fair on Thursday, January 6 giving families in the district an opportunity to explore offerings at several of its schools. More than a hundred people attended the first Magnet Fair of the year last month. The event is scheduled to takeContinue Reading
Congressmen Joe Wilson and Seth Moulton issued a joint statement in support of Ukraine’s independence while condemning Russia’s aggressive behavior at their common border. “Having returned from Ukraine last week, on a bipartisan delegation, we remain deeply concerned by Russia’s confrontational buildup of its military in and around the country.Continue Reading