Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer shines in an all-new 4-D experience at the South Carolina State Museum this holiday season. The museum will offer holiday shows, socially distanced events, new exhibitions and special shopping opportunities in the museum store, The Cotton Mill Exchange. “Our spacious building and exhibition galleries mean weContinue Reading
Senior Resources is in need of volunteers to deliver hot meals to Meals on Wheels clients in Richland County. Meals on Wheels provides meals to elderly, frail, and home-bound residents at lunchtime five days a week by volunteers. The Meals on Wheels program relies heavily on student groups from localContinue Reading
South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) employees picked up 13,130 bags of roadside trash weighing 209,725 pounds at this year’s fall cleanup. About 1,700 SCDOT employees, from headquarters to the county offices, were deployed across the state November 17, in support of Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s “Grab A Bag SCContinue Reading
William Starrett and Columbia City Ballet are bringing holiday magic to Columbia with their 60th-anniversary professional socially distant production of Nutcracker. Executive and Artistic Director, Starrett, has created a performance for this unique holiday season. The production will waltz onto the stage of the Koger Center for the Arts forContinue Reading
The One SC Fund Hurricane Response Committee has awarded $426,600 in grants to 11 organizations across South Carolina for disaster relief and recovery projects. To date, the One SC Fund — established by former Governor Nikki Haley in November 2015 after the Thousand Year Flood to help South Carolinians whoContinue Reading
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts received a commendation from Sheriff Leon Lott and the men and women of the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) in recognition of Watts’ 20 years of “outstanding and dedicated service to the citizens of Richland County” in his capacity asContinue Reading
Chief Terrence Green would like to the Town of Lexington community to know that detectives have begun a death investigation with the assistance of the Lexington County Coroner’s Office. At approximately 1:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a call of a suicide that occurred inside a residence on Ivy HillContinue Reading
By Al Dozier It took three school closings, numerous classroom staff absences, widespread protests and two special-called board meetings before Lexington-Richland District 5 finally decided on a scaled-down reentry plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Students in grades 7-12 were officially scheduled to temporarily return to a two-day perContinue Reading
Chief Terrence Green would like to notify the Town of Lexington community about a shooting death that Lexington Police Department, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office are investigating. At approximately 5:40 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 700 block of West Main Street to a locationContinue Reading
American Floral has announced they have been selected as a 2021 ¬¬winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding planning and registry brand and app. ThisContinue Reading
Begin your Christmas celebrations by visiting Union United Methodist Church’s annual drive-through nativity, The Living Christmas Story. The free pageant will be held this Friday through Sunday, December 4 – 6 from 6:30 to 9 pm each night at Union United Church located at 7582 Woodrow Street in Irmo. TheContinue Reading
A food drive benefitting Sharing God’s Love will be held this Saturday, December 5 from 9 am – 3 pm. The event is sponsored in part by: Heather Whitley, Edward Jones Financial Advisor. They will be accepting non-perishable and canned foods, masks, paper products, and personal care items at 1331Continue Reading
The role of being a caregiver will affect almost every single person in the U.S. at some point in their lives. It’s almost as predictable that everyone will also be a care-receiver. This was the premise for a presentation St. Andrews Optimists recently received from Marti Colucci, Director of Leeza’sContinue Reading
The Capital City/Lake Murray Country regional tourism office will host a Jingle & Mingle holiday drop-in event December 10 from 4 – 7:30 pm. Several local vendors including Bill Hastings Photography, the Purple Tuteur Farm, Evan Williams Creations and Jake Moore will have items for sale. The Lake Murray SouvenirContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five’s graduation rate remains one of the highest in the state, according to a new report from the South Carolina Department of Education. The new data shows the graduation rate for School District Five was 90.7 percent, that number is up from 88.4 percent in 2019. SchoolContinue Reading