State Champions Honored
2025-01-30
A proclamation was approved by council on Tuesday, January 28, honoring Dutch Fork High School as the 2024 South Carolina State 5A Football Champions and their Head Coach Tom Knotts.Continue Reading
Letter to the editor concerning Catherine Huddle’s editorial opinion
2025-01-29
Catherine Huddle’s argument for partisan school board elections is misguided on so many fronts. First, she used the argument that only 58% of the actual voters, who turned out in November 2024, voted in school board elections. That is actually a good thing in this day age. The 42% whoContinue Reading
“Valentines on Canvas” art reception at Artistic Aspiration
2025-01-29
This Saturday, Feb, 2/1/2025, Deepmala Roy will host an art reception for her “Valentines on Canvas”collection at Artistic Aspiration from 12-5pm. Come by and meet the local artist from Lexington, take apicture and get an autograph while enjoying the beauty of her artwork. Mrs. Roy will have originals andprints available.Continue Reading
Friday Morning Meetings Bring Fun and Celebration at OPES
2025-01-29
How do you effectively communicate to staff and students and create community in a new school when construction hasn’t finished, but classes have started? That was the problem facing Oak Pointe Elementary School’s first principal, Jim Stephens. OPES welcomed staff and students its inaugural year without having finished construction, andContinue Reading
Ribbon Cutting for Lake Murray Mitsubishi
2025-01-28
Lake Murray Mitsubishi officially opened their doors on Tuesday holding a ribbon cutting provided by the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce. The new dealership is located at 1001 N. Wingard Road in Irmo. Lake Murray Mitsubishi offers new and pre-owned vehicles along with SUVs, electric vehicles and manufacturer specials.The on-site service department has highly trained andContinue Reading
Dutch Fork Elementary Science Fair Team Wins 1st Place with Innovative Project
2025-01-27
Dutch Fork Elementary, an Environmental Magnet School in Lex-Rich Five, recently celebrated a remarkable achievement at its annual Science Fair. Under the direction of the school’s Resident Scientist, Mrs. Amy Umberger, students showcased their creativity and scientific curiosity through a variety of projects. Among the participants, a team of threeContinue Reading
Irmo Hosts Sizzling Chili Cook-Off
2025-01-27
The Town of Irmo Events Committee turned up the heat on Saturday, January 25, with its annual chili cook-off at Moore Park, located at 7473 Church Street. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The park buzzed with activity as attendees sampled a variety of chili con carne entries from localContinue Reading
Can the news media recover from their current record low confidence rating?
2025-01-27
Confidence in traditional news media has reached record lows among Americans, with only 16% expressing “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of trust in newspapers and just 11% feeling the same about television news according to a Gallup Poll. These figures represent a five-percentage-point decline for both mediums comparedContinue Reading
Irmo MS wrestler places 3rd
2025-01-27
Irmo Middle School wrestler London Kyle went 3-1 in finishing in third place at the statechampionship this past weekend.Continue Reading
Dutch Fork wins first “Battle of Irmo” in hoops
2025-01-26
By Thomas Grant Jr. After a weather delay, the basketball edition of the “Battle of Irmo” took place Friday. Dutch Fork was the site for the first hardwood meeting with archrival Irmo. Both visiting teams looked to snap losing streaks and get back to .500 in the Region 4-5A standings.Continue Reading
Gray Collegiate to open Irmo satellite campus
2025-01-24
By Thomas Grant Jr. The town of Irmo will have a new “nest” available this fall for Gray Collegiate Academy students. At a press conference Thursday afternoon in the school gymnasium, school principal Brian Newsome announced the West Columbia school’s plans to open a satellite campus in the Lake MurrayContinue Reading