School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties had 588 students earn an AP Scholar designation by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. “I am enormously proud of the students and teachers in District Five for their success onContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Local South Carolina American League Summer Baseball (SCALSB) teams got the playoffs started early this week in the best-of-three format, with second round games set to begin before week’s end. West Columbia Post 79 completed the regular season as the undisputed winner of the Midlands Division andContinue Reading
PFC Conrad P. Kerr, 20, of Chapin, SC graduates from United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on July 31, 2020. PFC Kerr successfully completed 2 weeks of quarantine and 13 weeks of intense basic training at MCRD Parris Island as a recruit in Training Platoon 3053. While inContinue Reading
ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference recognizes the uncertain and challenging environment all areas of our society are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Intercollegiate athletics is just one area that we must address as we work to return toContinue Reading
South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents today arrested a Richland County businessman and charged him with four counts of failing to collect, account for, or pay Withholding Taxes. Tyron J. Frazier, 50, of Lexington, was responsible for making state Withholding Tax payments for his business. For tax years 2015Continue Reading
Projects and activities aimed at addressing the needs of low-to-moderate-income people and communities in Richland County will be the focus of an upcoming virtual meeting. The County’s Community Development Department will discuss its Annual Action Plan for the 2020-2021 fiscal year at 5 pm August 13. The virtual hearing willContinue Reading
Blaisdell Aplin, recent graduate of Dutch Fork High School and daughter of Susan and Ben Aplin, is the recipient of PAGE Five’s annual $1,000 merit scholarship. She will be attending the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina where she will major in business. She also plansContinue Reading
A team of scientists has announced the discovery of two new fossil shark species from the southeastern U.S. The team is headed by David Cicimurri, Curator of Natural History, South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, along with Jun Ebersole, Director of Collections, McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL, and George Martin,Continue Reading
Central Carolina Community Foundation, the Midlands’ local center for philanthropy, invites the community to join the annual Black Philanthropy Month (BPM) celebrations throughout August 2020. Local celebrations will include weekly stories, action-focused communication on social media, and live interviews at 10 am every Friday in August at www.facebook.com/CentralCarolinaCommunityFoundation. BPM isContinue Reading
The City of West Columbia’s third annual Kinetic Derby Day has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day planning committee will continue to work with schools, artists, and businesses to engage broad community participation for next year’s event. West Columbia’s fourth annual Kinetic Derby DayContinue Reading
The South Carolina State Fair will host its first-ever free, Drive-Through S.C. State Fair October 20 and 21. Find details leading up to the event at www.scstatefair.org.“In the midst of the worst global crisis of our lifetime, we wanted to give the community something positive to look forward to,” saidContinue Reading