South Carolina’s Fraternal Order of the Police is dedicated to the advancement and protection of law enforcement officers, the promotion of officer benefits, and the fostering of enforcement of law and order. The Fraternal Order of Police is the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with more thanContinue Reading
NEWBERRY CHRISTMAS 2020 Downtown Holiday Lights & Decorations, Gingerbread Competition, Santa’s Tour of Newberry, North Pole Nights, & #AVeryBerryChristmas Photo Contest The City of Newberry is striving to provide a safe and fun environment for all to enjoy this holiday season. With COVID-19 prevention measures in mind, the City isContinue Reading
Registration is now underway for the Lexington-Richland School District Five Virtual Magnet Fair. The free event will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. giving families an opportunity to explore magnet offerings in the district. Attendees must register in order to attend the event. ToContinue Reading
The Irmo Police Department is investigating a burglary that occurred at the Burger King & 7-11 convenience store located in the 7700 Block of Broad River Road in Irmo. Around 3:30 am, the suspect in the picture below broke out a window and entered the restaurant. During the burglary atContinue Reading
There have been numerous accusations made about sitting District 5 school board trustees accepting campaign donations through the years from firms who are or could potentially do business with the school district. I have been watching this closely, because even though the SC Ethics Commission allows and places a limitContinue Reading
Dutch Fork High School celebrated Homecoming October 23 and crowned its 2020 Homecoming King and Queen. Pictured are the King and Queen along with their court.Continue Reading
By CT McDonald Chapin varsity football wrapped-up its region schedule at 2-2 with last week’s 35-21 win against Lexington and now plays host to District Five rival Irmo this week in the first of two non-region rival games to complete the regular season. The Eagles (3-2 overall) will take onContinue Reading
By CT McDonald With their varsity football region games completed and the Region 5-5A title secured two weeks ago, the Dutch Fork Silver Foxes added a 21-0 non-region win against Spring Valley last week, and they have just one more game to play in the regular season. The Foxes willContinue Reading
By CT McDonald Irmo’s varsity football Yellow Jackets got one step closer to earning a berth in the Class 4A playoffs with last week’s 33-14 region win against Lugoff-Elgin, and now they have just two tough contests ahead of them to complete the regular season. The first is Friday atContinue Reading
Autumn was not having a good day. Matter of fact she wasn’t having a very good month. It started with water damage to her master bathroom and bedroom which was traced to a faulty roof and after contacting her insurance company she began to get the runaround and found outContinue Reading
The South Carolina Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics (GSSM) is now accepting applications for its free virtual after-school programs Spark. and ENGAGE. Online applications are available at www.scgssm.org/outreach. Delivered by GSSM’s Center for Science Education & Outreach, the programs are designed to introduce early experiences with STEM help toContinue Reading