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Eclipse 2024 approximately 3:10 p.m., Monday April 8

On Saturday, April 13, the second annual Irmo Community Earth Day Celebration will be held at McGregor Presbyterian’s Lawn and Learning Garden at 6505 St. Andrews Road in Irmo. The event will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. The first Earth Day in America was a teach-in on April 22, 1970. The event originated when Senator Gaylord […]

On Monday, April 8 Columbia will experience a partial solar eclipse, the first partial eclipse since October 14, 2023. According to South Carolina State Museum Planetarium manager Liz Klimek, Monday’s eclipse is different than the total eclipse Columbia experienced in 2017. “It’s going to be a total solar eclipse, but you have to be within a very narrow band, that’s […]

The annual benefit luncheon, fashion show, and silent auction for the Music Clubs Scholarship Fund was held March 21 at Spring Valley Country Club. Models participating in this year’s fashion show included (l-r) Nola Covington, Alice Tubley, Joan Graves, Pat Long, Mary Beth McSwain, and Jeannie Thomas.

Wildlife photographer Phillip Jones ( l) shows executive editor of the S. C. Wildlife Magazine Joey Frazier how to load 35mm film onto a developing reel to be processed in a darkroom. The darkroom was on display at the South Carolina Sportsman’s Classic at the State Fairgrounds March 23- 24. The darkroom was where Jones started with the magazine 51 […]

On the morning of February 6, Dr. Valerie Hoyt-Parrish (Ms. Val) stood against the breeze racing across the Saluda River. The Cutler School students were taking a snack break and reviewing their morning field trip. The chilling wind was affecting every human, tree, plant, and even the river itself. However, the unflappable Ms. Val stood calmly, asked questions, reiterated their […]

In Honor Of Women’s History Month and American Red Cross Month—Red Cross Recreational worker Miriam Rhame Medley, a Lexington resident, has been proclaimed a Living Legend in honor of her service in Vietnam, by The Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation, Washington, D.C. The ceremony was held at the Village of Southlake in Lexington March 14 with a […]

Two Richland One jazz bands received high ratings during the South Carolina Band Directors Association’s jazz performance assessment. Crayton Middle School and A. C. Flora High School earned “Superior with Distinction” ratings, the highest rating a band can receive. The Jazz Performance Assessments took place March 1-2 at Crayton and Newberry College. A panel of three judges rated the bands […]

Lexington Two’s high schools recently held two popular annual events in front of packed auditoriums. Brookland-Cayce High School’s Miss Bearcat was held February 27. The winners (above, l-r) are Miss Congeniality Sara Powell, Miss Senior Callie Grace Burgess, Miss Junior Bailey Crowe, Runner-up to Miss Bearcat Kerrigan Buff, Miss Bearcat Hailey Twiggs, Miss Sophomore Charli Dawkins, Miss Freshman Camryn Arnold, […]

Fireflies, or we as rednecks from Alabama refer to them, lightning bugs, are the puppies of the insect world. Anyone exposed to a group of them as daylight disappears on a spring evening finds them delightful. If they happen to be synchronous, they can be giggle inducing. This redneck from Alabama first learned of synchronous fireflies while watching a program […]