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By Thomas Grant Jr. It was “Super Saturday” 10 years ago for Lexington County soccer.   On that hot, humid day at W.C. Hawkins Stadium, two girls’ and two boys’ teams claimed state titles. Sweeping the Class 3A classification was Chapin High School with the girls defeating Hilton Head IslandContinue Reading

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95 Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars for the 2025-2026 school year. Developed by the South Carolina Department of Education during the 1985-1986 school year, the SC Junior Scholars program is designed to identify eighth grade students with exceptional academic talent based on PSATContinue Reading

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Five District Five students have been awarded the South Carolina Teaching Fellowship. The students will receive up to $24,000 in yearly scholarships (up to $6000 a year for four years) to attend a Teaching Fellows Institution in South Carolina. Each Fellow agrees to teach in South Carolina one year forContinue Reading

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Spring Hill High senior Mason Blevins signed a contract to work with Blanchard Machinery April 27. He is a senior in the Automotive Training program at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies. He applied for the Power Technician position in the Think Big program at Blanchard Machinery and was hired.Continue Reading

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Two more students from School District Five have earned National Merit Scholarships. Vivian Garcia (Chapin High) and Hunter Taylor (Dutch Fork High) were named winners of this year’s National Merit $2,500 Scholarships. National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) finances most of these single-payment National Merit $2500 Scholarships. Corporations and company foundationsContinue Reading

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By Radley West There’s something about the end of the school year that feels like a deep exhale. Schedules loosen, mornings slow down, and suddenly the structure that held everything together just . . . disappears. For a lot of people, that includes their activity. During the school year, movementContinue Reading

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By Tom Poland, A Southern WriterTomPoland.net Summer 2022, St. Simons Island, I’m sitting around the pool when my niece, Harper, and her friend, Stella, ask me to tell them a story. I had seen a photo of a tuxedo cat smoking four cigarettes at a time. I make up aContinue Reading

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One of the first things a new golfer hears is to “keep your head down” and “keep your eye on the ball.” While well-intentioned, that advice can sometimes be misunderstood. The player in today’s example shows many solid fundamentals, but at the top of the backswing, his face is noContinue Reading

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Julie Zimmerman has officially been graduated from the CVSC’s Palmetto Leadership Academy, completing a program focused on conservation, environmental stewardship, and leadership development across South Carolina. The Palmetto Leadership Academy, an initiative from the Conservation Voters of South Carolina (CVSC), brings together emerging leaders committed to protecting South Carolina’s naturalContinue Reading

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Crime Stoppers Global Solutions thwarting Serbian-crime organizations posing threat toAmerican highways – and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department connection By Chris Carter Crime Stoppers Global Solutions (CSGS), the international iteration of Crime Stoppershere in the U.S., recently met with federal investigators in Washington, D.C. to discuss alooming threat to publicContinue Reading

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Caught Saturday evening, May 16 at Little River Landing, Chloe Hopps, 18, of Prosperity reeled in a massive 52-pound flathead catfish while fishing from a small island nearby. Using bream tail and gizzards for bait, Hopps landed the gargantuan catch and hauled the fish onto the beach, where she struggledContinue Reading