51 Biblical Facts That Will Surprise You. By Mike DuBose The Christian Bible is the world’s best-selling and most-widely distributed book (7 billion copies). Since 2020, one million Bibles are being circulated annually, many through the Internet. The full Bible has been translated into 700 languages—more than any other book.Continue Reading
Connor Engel is beginning the 2021 season as a member of the Central Methodist Eagles football roster. The Irmo native and former Dutch Fork player will be competing with the Eagles in the NAIA’s Heart of America Conference. See their full schedule at cmueagles.com/schedule. Since its founding in 1854, CMUContinue Reading
Dutch Fork Elementary School Academy of Environmental Sciences 5th grader, Corin Martin was honored as The Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo’s “Service above Self” Student of the Month. “Corin is a student who is all about inclusivity and making sure that everyone he comes in contact with feels safe andContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five celebrated the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 12 for the district’s newest elementary school Piney Woods Elementary. Piney Woods Elementary opened its doors to students on August 18 and welcomed more than 400 students. School District Five commissioned Quackenbush Architects to design the district’sContinue Reading
Jackie Canoy was a recipient of the Irmo Future Growth Corporation grant. The grant is awarded by the IFGC. The grant provides financial assistance to Irmo businesses that were affected by the pandemic. Applications are available online at the townofirmosc.com. Irmo Town Councilman Bill Danielson presented the check to Jackie. JackieContinue Reading
The South Carolina Philharmonic presents Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 7:30 PM at the Koger Center for the Arts. This first concert of 2021/2022 Masterworks Series features Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Overture in C Major, Andrea Gabrieli and Mark Scatterday’s Aria Della Battaglia, Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins inContinue Reading
South Carolina farmers and food processors who want to pursue organic certification may qualify for reimbursement through a grant administered by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. “Organic certification can open up new market opportunities for South Carolina farmers and companies,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Hugh Weathers. “Our cost-share grantContinue Reading
The SC Commission on Higher Education (CHE) and The College Board awarded Dutch Fork High School (DFHS) for outstanding effort to help students access college. The College Access Champion School award recognizes DFHS’s remarkable performance in College Board’s Opportunity Scholarships (CBOS) program, which walks students through the steps of theContinue Reading
Editorial Every election season it’s pretty much the same thing. Candidates turn campaign donations into marketing to forward their chances of election by purchasing signs, literature and media advertisements. And every campaign season many of those candidate’s signs disappear from yards and businesses around town. One moment they are thereContinue Reading
S.C. Black Belt Hall of Fame inductees from Columbia participate in a ceremony By Alex Junes-Ward Global Eco Adventures (GEA) honored three of their expedition project leaders and a Missouri-based military writer with the title, IRONMAN, during ceremonies at the Mullikin Law Firm complex in Camden, S.C., Thurs. Sept. 16:Continue Reading
Sixteen students from Lexington-Richland School District Five have been announced as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship program. These academically talented high school students from School District Five are represented in the nationwide pool of semifinalists which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. School District FiveContinue Reading