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Irmo Elementary hosted a veterans day parade on November 10 to salute and say thank you to the men and women who have served to protect the nation.Continue Reading

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By Al Dozier At least two incumbents on the Lexington-Richland District 5 School Board have lost their seats in Tuesday’s elections, according to early reports on vote counts. In Richland County, incumbents Nikki Gardner and Tifani Moore lost their seats to newcomers Kevin Scully, a USDA employee, and S.C. BarContinue Reading

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By Al Dozier Irmo received positive notes on the town’s finances at the November 15 council meeting in a presentation on the annual audit report for the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year. The town had revenues totaling $12.8 million and expenses of $9.4 million, according to the report from Hightower & HightowerContinue Reading

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The Okra Strut Commission, responsible each year for the Okra Strut Festival, is planning on using an anticipated surplus of funds from last year’s festival to pay for a gun buyback event on Saturday, December 10. The host is the Universal Outreach Church and the event is designed to removeContinue Reading

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By Al Dozier On November 1 the Irmo Town Council discussed options on the use of $2.5 million in American Rescue Plan ACT (ARPA) funds that are now available to the town. More improvements at the Community Park of Irmo were at the top of the list. They included: increasingContinue Reading

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Army veteran, former State Guard commander addresses Midlands-area universities By Alex Junes-Ward Maj. General (Ret.) Tom Mullikin, former commanding general of the S.C. State Guard and a veteran U.S. Army officer, spoke to audiences at both Columbia International University (CIU) and the University of South Carolina (USC) as part ofContinue Reading

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A Columbia man faces multiple charges after deputies said he failed to stop for blue lights while driving a stolen car in Lexington Tuesday night. Charles Kenneth Meador, 38, is charged with failure to stop for blue lights, possession of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen goods, reckless driving, and drivingContinue Reading