Irmo High School International School for the Arts sophomore Ava Cary represented Irmo at the 2025 SC HOBY Leadership Seminar held at Presbyterian College from May 24 – 26. While the national program attracts more than 10,000 sophomores each year for state sponsored programs, SC HOBY brought sophomores from allContinue Reading

Mark your calendars — National Donut Day is rolling in this Friday, June 6! Local favorites and national chains alike will be celebrating with free donuts and sweet deals all day long. This delicious tradition began in 1938, thanks to the Salvation Army. The day honors the “Donut Lassies,” womenContinue Reading

IRMO – Team members from several Lexington Medical Center departments came together this summer to fight hunger in the local community. Staff from LMC Irmo Urgent Care, Radiology, Lab, Outpatient Surgery, Physical Therapy, Lexington Women’s Care Irmo, and Lexington Family Practice Irmo held a joint Summer Food Drive to benefitContinue Reading

By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Last fall I knew something wasn’t right with me. The feeling worsened over the winter. Then one March afternoon a walk to the mailbox and back felt like a forced march through the Mojave. I made an appointment with my physician and that ledContinue Reading

Richland County Crews Show Off Skills at Annual Competition On May 30, Richland County Public Works staff fired up their heavy machinery for the annual Midlands Backhoe Rodeo, a fast-paced competition that tests precision, patience, and pure backhoe mastery. Held at Public Works headquarters in Columbia, the event featured aContinue Reading

New Summer initiative announced by Palmetto State leaders this week By W. Thomas Smith Jr. U.S. Congressman Joe Wilson, S.C. Lt. Governor Pamela Evette, S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Director Tom Mullikin, and other state leaders stood on the north steps of the S.C. State House, Monday, and announcedContinue Reading

The Coldstream Community Association’s quarterly meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 10 beginning at 7pm in the Irmo Library located at 6251 St. Andrews Rd.. All Coldstream residents are encouraged to attend. An introduction will be made for the new Resident Deputy who will give an update on theContinue Reading

The Coldstream Homeowners Association has chosen their June 2025 Yard of the Month located at 600 White Falls Dr. in the Coldstream Subdivision. Coldstream hold more than 1,000 homes and is the largest connected neighborhood in the state of South Carolina.Continue Reading

By Thomas Grant Jr. Year 20 of the Lexington County Blowfish has the team off to a winning streak. They sported a 2-1 record through Monday, both wins coming at home against the Macon Bacon. Friday’s home opener also served as the 2025 debut for Lexington County. The Blowfish cameContinue Reading

Rows of nails, a security measure of old. Photo by B. Newman Bancroft By Tom PolandTomPoland.net Old doors rife with nails. Rows and rows of nails. Studs. Like handsome lads, all in a row. All in precise order. I’ve come across two such doors. Brenda N. Bancroft, historian and co-founderContinue Reading