Engineering students at the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) took their learning on the road for a special field trip to iFly in Charlotte, NC, where they were introduced to indoor sky diving. Seventeen students attended the STEM event, where they learned about the principles of aerodynamics inContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named longtime administrator Dr. Thomas Turner the new principal at Harbison West Elementary School. He will replace Randy Norman who is retiring at the end of the school year. Turner has served as assistant principal at Caughman Road Elementary School since 2019. Prior to thatContinue Reading
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has announced the next step in Phase One of the Zoo’s Bridge to the Wild development project. A new, larger habitat for Riverbanks’ Komodo dragons is on the horizon and expected to open in the spring of 2024. Thanks to a bequest by the late Mr.Continue Reading
Ten Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been awarded the prestigious South Carolina Teaching Fellowship. The 10 students who were selected will receive up to $24,000 in fellowship funds from the program while they complete a degree leading to initial teacher certification. The students include: Joshua Dean (Dutch Fork High,Continue Reading
FBI director’s award recognizes “outstanding contributions to our nation’s communities” By W. Thomas Smith Jr. BUILDING BETTER COMMUNTIES (BBC), a Columbia-based nonprofit which helps support marginalized and struggling communities across the Midlands, received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award during ceremonies at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., Friday, MayContinue Reading
The newly elected Lexington County Republican Party leadership and Executive Committee convened for their first county party meeting since being asked to lead by convention delegates at the May 1 meeting and provided a change of direction from the past couple of years. “It was such great energy in thisContinue Reading
By Sarah Ostergaard Education law is a tiered system, in line with one of our nation’s founding principles: federalism. Per the 10th Amendment, education is within the purview of each of the 50 states or their local jurisdictions. The federal government does, however, play a significant role. The federal EveryContinue Reading
The State Museum will be holding an accessibility morning this Saturday, May 13 from 9 – 11am. This program provides free access for families of children, teenagers, young adults and adults who would benefit from a quieter, sensory-friendly and disability-adapted experience at the museum. Guests who are neurodiverse, autistic, orContinue Reading
Chapin Bands welcomes Mr. Alex Clark. He is going to bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Chapin Bands as you can see in his bio. Mr. Clark is a native of Lexington, South Carolina and has lived in the midlands of South Carolina for most of hisContinue Reading
92 Lexington-Richland School District Five students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars for the 2022-2023 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
The flock at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has announced its first-ever hatchings of two rare blue-billed curassows. The milestone comes on the heels of Riverbanks receiving the Plume Award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Avian Scientific Advisory Group. Riverbanks has long served as a leader in avicultureContinue Reading
From XVI World Bass Championship to Bassmaster Elite Series, and Major League Fishing’s Bass Pro Tour – Lake Murray is The Top Fishing Destination Photo Credit: Major League Fishing Columbia, S.C. – Over the last 6 months Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board (CCLMC) has hosted the biggest andContinue Reading
Broadway in Columbia, presented by Bank of America, has announced Broadway’s biggest hits will be coming to Columbia’s Koger Center for the Arts as part of the 2022-2023 Season. The Series will move from two performances per show to a minimum of three performances of each Broadway Base package show.Continue Reading
Morgan Dayle Carr, age 31, was convicted last week Friday, April 28, 2023, by a Lexington County jury for her role in the 2018 Murder and Armed Robbery of Robert William All, Jr., age 22. Chief Administrative Judge Walton J. McLeod, IV, presided over the week-long trial and sentenced CarrContinue Reading
The Greater Chapin Chamber of Commerce held its Spring 2023 golf tournament on Tuesday, May 2nd. The tournament Title Sponsor was Gene Robertson-Movement Mortgage NMLS 450526 Nathan Ballentine – Movement Mortgage NMLS 461983 and Sandy Shannon NMLS 450288. Everyone had a great time and such a beautiful day. The ChamberContinue Reading
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 193, Chapin selected 9 delegates to attend the 76th annual session of Palmetto Girls State to be held at Presbyterian College, June 11 – 17. The delegates are: Cora Diimmler, Morgan Kinder, Destany Doby, Taylor Bulwinkle, McEwen Gore, Katelyn Hill, Laura Perla, Abby Edwards, and KatelynContinue Reading