Nora Hanson, a rising Junior at Dutch Fork High, competed at the Battle of Atlanta World Karate Championships June 18 – 20. Hanson won first place in the 16 – 17 Girls Black Belt Double Elimination Point Sparring Division, the 16 – 17 Girls Black Belt Point Sparring Division, andContinue Reading
Luxury Clothier Pearce Bespoke-Charlotte provides the custom jackets for the S.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame By Ward Carson Saturday night, June 6, at Fort Jackson was one I will never forget. Pearce Bespoke Charlotte provided the custom jackets for inductees into the S.C. Military Veterans Hall of Fame inducteesContinue Reading
Salute to 250 Day on June 27 features grand opening of American Battleground exhibition, live music, hands-on activities and new planetarium show The South Carolina State Museum will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution with Salute to 250 Day on June 27, offering free general admission from 10Continue Reading
Pictured are Donna Williams from LawyerLisa, speaker sponsor Kerry Powers, Lisa Hostetler Brown, and Optimist Club President David Kafitz. By Rick Abercrombie Lisa Hostetler Brown, known in South Carolina as “LawyerLisa,” spoke recently to St. Andrews Optimists at their Friday breakfast meeting. Donna Williams, LawyerLisa’s Markeing Director, was also inContinue Reading
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department honored 29 members who recently earned promotions to new ranks of leadership June 10. In all, six senior firefighters, 11 engineers, eight fire captains and two new battalion chiefs were recognized, along with a new training officer and a senior deputy fire marshal promoted earlier thisContinue Reading
Columbia, in partnership with Keep the Midlands Beautiful (KMB), celebrated the unveiling of the new Greetings From Columbia mural with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 10 at the Laurel Street entrance to Finlay Park. Mayor Daniel Rickenmann spoke at the ribbon cutting. Installed near the park’s spiral fountain, the mural isContinue Reading
The Friends of the Lexington County Museum are holding three lectures this summer to raise funds and to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The lectures will feature speakers who will focus on a different aspect of the American Revolution in South Carolina. The first presentation, scheduled forContinue Reading
Jury finds defendant guilty after Pelion traffic stop uncovered more than 93 grams of methamphetamine and a firearm. A Wagener man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of methamphetamine trafficking and a weapons charge in Lexington County. Christopher Lamar Corbitt, 34, was found guilty ofContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Brandon Cromer Jr. is in the middle portion of a personal “journey”. Since undergoing Tommy John surgery a year ago, the former Lexington High School standout has worked to regain his pitching form. He spent his redshirt year at the University of South Carolina healing andContinue Reading
SCDNR’s basic aquatic competency swim lesson initiative building safer futures for all South Carolinians By Tom Mullikin Swimming lessons that many of us grew up with are not something that all families have always had access to, and if the parents themselves haven’t learned to swim – and many haveContinue Reading
Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the Ending Child Soldiers in Africa Act. This bill creates a formal reporting structure within the U.S. government on those African nations that recruit, train, and promote child soldiers both in national armed forces, and in insurgent and rebel groups. TheContinue Reading