Saying her financial background and pro-taxpayer views make her the best choice to represent the Irmo-Chapin community, Republican Catherine Huddle has thrown her hat in the ring for the area’s State House seat. Huddle, a member of the School Board, will be running in the June 14 Republican primary to succeedContinue Reading
I am pleased to report that last week the House of Representatives State Budget passed overwhelmingly with a bipartisan vote of 108 in favor to only 7 against A lot of hard work and effort went into creating this budget with hundreds of hours of committee meetings, subcommittee meetings, andContinue Reading
Hines runs to provide conservative servant leadership for Irmo and Chapin Rebecca Blackburn Hines filed today to run in the June 14thRepublican primary to represent House District 85 in the South Carolina House of Representatives. “Our community has been fortunate to have State Representative Chip Huggins advocating on behalf ofContinue Reading
On Saturday, March 19th, 2022 around 9:30pm, officers were dispatched to a residence in the 300 Block of Wharfsdale Road in the New Friarsgate subdivision. A person at the residence called 9-1-1 stating there had been a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found the deceased victim near the front doorContinue Reading
by Laura Evans Anyone could face issues with their retirement in today’s economic environment. If you are one of the few who still have a pension at your workplace, you should consider yourself fortunate. Private-sector defined benefit pension plans are becoming more and more uncommon for today’s workforce. Gone areContinue Reading
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties FIRST Robotics Competition team, the Pandamaniacs, placed first out of 38 teams in the Electric City Regional in Anderson, SC on March 9-12, 2022. The winning alliance teams included Cyber Tribe from Kingsport, TN, and the Secret City Wildbots from Oak Ridge,Continue Reading
The Lexington-Richland School District Five School Board of Trustees has approved the 2022-2023 school board meeting calendar. The list of school board meetings for the 2022-2023 school year is as follows:• July 11, 2022 at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies • August 8, 2022 at the Center for AdvancedContinue Reading
Dutch Fork High School’s Vex Robotics team competed in the South Carolina Vex Robotics High School State Championship held at The Citadel March 5 and took home a Design Award. The Design Award is presented to a team that has the best engineering notebook. In this notebook the team isContinue Reading
Children of all abilities are invited to attend a free event at Leo’s Landing, an inclusive playground at Saluda Shoals Park, from 10 am to noon this Saturday, March 19. The kick-off celebration honors the creation of Limitless Purpose, a statewide nonprofit organization founded in 2019 to help all childrenContinue Reading
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has a new piece of equipment to help deputies and property owners alike. Investigators have acquired an engraving machine to stamp an identifying number onto trailers, which are among the most frequently stolen items across the county. “Property crimes detectives have devised a system toContinue Reading
When the American Red Cross launched the Home Fire Campaign in the fall of 2014, it was with one objective: to prevent the tragic loss of life due to home fires. Since then, the South Carolina Region has helped lead the national effort to make homes safer alongside partners, includingContinue Reading