Healthy Learners, a faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating health barriers to learning for students, delivered South Carolina’s inaugural Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training for Spanish-speaking communities. The evidence-based program equips participants with the necessary skills to identify signs and symptoms of mental illness and substance use. AsContinue Reading
Katherine “Katie” Turner, a graduating senior at Spring Hill High School, is the recipient of the 2023 Friends of the Irmo Branch Library Scholarship. The one-time $2,000 scholarship recognizes an Outstanding Junior Volunteer at the Irmo Branch Library. Turner started as a library volunteer as an eighth grader. “Serving asContinue Reading
Lynn Young, Columbia native and Founder of Midlands Orphan Relief and Lowcountry Orphan Relief, received the Order of the Palmetto, May 25. It is the highest civilian honor awarded by the governor of South Carolina. Governor Henry McMaster presented the honor to Young at a ceremony at the South CarolinaContinue Reading
Flock and Rally, the women-owned and led integrated communications and marketing agency based in Columbia, recently earned two Silver Wing Awards from the S.C. Public Relations Society of America (SCPRSA) as well as five 2022 Palmetto Awards presented by the International Association of Business Communicators’ South Carolina chapter (IABC/SC). “OurContinue Reading
LMSO’s annual Concertos & Cupcakes concert, featuring this year’s winners of the Young Artist Competition, will be held this Sunday, June 11 at 3:30 pm. Juliet Swaim – 1st Place – will be performing Violin Concerto No.1 by Sibelius and Caroline Huang – 2nd Place – will be performing Tchaikovsky’sContinue Reading
SAFE Federal Credit Union broke ground on its newest branch located in the Irmo community of South Carolina on June 2, 2023. Located on Broad River Road, the approximately 2,800 square foot branch is expected to open in late 2023 and will be SAFE’s 19th location. It will serve theContinue Reading
A search is underway for a man who’s wanted after an attempted sexual assault at Chapin’s Crooked Creek Park. Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said the attack happened the afternoon of May 21. A woman exercising in the park said a shirtless man wearing khaki cargo shorts who appeared to beContinue Reading
Two Lexington-Richland School District Five students received top awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF). A program of the Society for Science for over 70 years, Regeneron ISEF is the world’s largest global science competition for high schoolers. Carlynn Rychener (Chapin High) and Andy Yang (DutchContinue Reading
The Lexington County Coroner’s Office reported a dead body found near the 900 block of Locker Road behind Target on Harbison Blvd. on May 25. The human remains were identified as being male either white or hispanic and between the ages of 30 to 45 with a height of 6Continue Reading
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department once again wins tri-agency competition By W. Thomas Smith Jr. For the eighth year in a row, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) edged past the Columbia Police Department (CPD), and the Columbia Fire Department (CFD) to win the annual BATTLE OF THE BADGESContinue Reading
The Irmo Police Department charged 3 juveniles in a string of burglaries committed at the Irmo Little League Concession Stand, located off Chadford Road. A total of 3 burglaries were reported between April 20, 2023, and May 27, 2023, in which the concession stand was broken into, and candy wasContinue Reading