Mungo Homes, a homebuilder with communities throughout the Southeast, is expanding its corporate headquarters in Richland County. The $10 million investment will create 40 new jobs. Mungo Homes will build a new, 20,250-square-foot facility to house marketing, human resources, information technology, accounting, purchasing and customer service teams. The new buildingContinue Reading

Commanding oak stands as a tangible testament to Sheriff Leon Lott’s 26 years in office so far By W. Thomas Smith Jr. In the Spring of 1997, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott planted three trees – two crepe myrtles and an oak – just outside the back door of hisContinue Reading

Washington, DC – Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) Chairman of the Helsinki Commission, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), together with Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Thom Tillis (R-NC), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Foreign Extortion Prevention Act to combat kleptocracy and corruption by criminalizing bribery demands by foreign officials. This legislationContinue Reading

Lexington-Richland School District Five’s FIRST Robotics Competition team representing all four high schools, The Pandamaniacs, won the third annual South Carolina Robotics and Practical tournament July 15, 2023 in Sumter. They competed against teams from Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina with a new upgrade of the team’s 2023Continue Reading

Three School District Five students will compete in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. Mustafa Azhar and Aira Brown (Dutch Fork Middle) as well as Cameron Hashimi (Chapin Middle) placed among the top 10 percent of participants at their Society-affiliated science fairs.Continue Reading

With baseball season in full swing, the State Museum invites its guests to celebrate America’s pastime with special baseball-themed activities and presentations on July 22. Inspired by the museum’s current exhibition, The 521 All-Stars: A Championship Story of Baseball and Community, Baseball Day at the State Museum offers an escapeContinue Reading