The Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is hosting Preview Days, Shadow Days, Ambassador Q+A sessions, and Find Your Element sessions this fall for prospective high school sophomores and their families. To attend any or all of these events, students should register online at www.scgssm.org/visit.Preview Day is a virtualContinue Reading
Columbia’s insurance technology and services network, formerly known as iTs|SC, has completed a rebranding effort in response to the growing opportunities within the industry and the renewal of the network’s vision. At the heart of the organization’s rebranding is a name change to its.Cola and an update to the organization’sContinue Reading
What should the future of public transit look like in the Central Midlands region? The COMET wants the community to help decide by responding to two concepts of what a new bus network could look like. Both concepts show how The COMET bus network could be run differently within itsContinue Reading
A Leaphart Elementary fourth grader is ranked among the fastest female runners in her age group in the country. Dorothy Hutchins won the United States of America Track & Field (USATF) Cross Country Junior Olympics South Carolina State Championship in Newberry November 7. The win qualifies her to compete inContinue Reading
The Irmo Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Pitt Stop convenience store located in the 7400 Block of Broad River Road in Irmo. Around 8 pm the suspect entered the store wearing a torn white t-shirt or rag as a mask/face covering. The suspect presentedContinue Reading
The 14th Capital City/Lake Murray Tourism’s Taste of Lake Murray will become a qualifying event for the World Food Championship to be held in Dallas, Texas in November of 2021. Seven chefs from the midlands will be chosen at the Taste of Lake Murray event to represent Team Lake MurrayContinue Reading
Project Unity USA along with The Rivervettes of Columbia will host the second SC First Responders Day event on November 21 at Dutch Square Mall Parking Lot in Columbia, from noon to 4:30 pm. Masks are required. All Corvette owners and clubs that wish to participate contact Bruce A. TrezevantContinue Reading
Keep the Midlands Beautiful will be holding an Adopt-A-Highway & Adopt-A-Street Cleanup this Saturday, November 21. Volunteers will be removing litter from roads throughout Lexington, Richland Counties and the City of Columbia If you are driving throughout the Midlands and you see litter pick-up in progress signs or volunteers inContinue Reading
The members of the Class of 2021 who join the thousands of alumni wearing The Citadel ring include: Irmo Zachary Adkins, Samuel De Los Santos, Jason Flowers, Karl Knizek, Brian Mills, Chase Muehl, Jonathan Owens, William Reid, Luke Solomon, Wesley Taylor, Juan Valencia Columbia Tyler Estridge, Charles Gray, Nadia SandlerContinue Reading
Reggie Sullivan will return to the Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College this Saturday, November 21 from 4 – 6 pm to host a drive-in concert event featuring Kanika Moore (vocals), Sean Higgins Jr. (piano), Devin Fuller (drums), and Charlton Singleton (trumpet) from the South Carolina Grammy-winning band, Ranky Tanky.Continue Reading
By Al Dozier The Irmo Town Council approved an increase in residential garbage fees to $300 per year in the 2022 tax bill, but not without hearing complaints and holding a lengthy discussion. Commenting during the public participation period, Irmo resident David Stewart was concerned his bill has been goingContinue Reading