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Stingfest is Back Friday, August 23!
Irmo Stingfest is back! Join us this Friday, August 23 before the Irmo Yello Jackets season opener vs. Oceanside Collegiate Academy. StingFest starts at 5:00-7:15PM at WC Hawkins Stadium. Come enjoy food trucks, a DJ, games, a dunk tank, and athletic teams all before Irmo Football takes on Oceanside! #TheOnlyIrmo #IrmoStrong.
Gardeners wage war against armyworms
LEXINGTON, SC (WACH) -- If you’re starting to see some problems with your yard, you aren’t alone. Armyworms are doing all that damage and it’s happening more and more after Tropical Storm Debby dumped all that rain on the Carolinas earlier this month. “Armyworms are one of...
SCDNR Director Robert Boyles announces retirement
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- The director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) has announced plans to retire from the state agency next year. Robert H. Boyles Jr. has served as SCDNR director since his unanimous appointment by the SCDNR Board in May 2019. “Serving as SCDNR director has been the honor of my […]
Coldstream Garden Club Donates Funds to Irmo Chamber Upon Disbanding
Nancy Nelson-Embler of the Coldstream Garden Club recently presented a check for $1,116.62 to Kerry Powers, President/CEO of the Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce. This donation represents the remaining balance in the club’s operating funds following its decision to disband earlier this year after over 40 years of service to the Irmo community.
NCA heads on road looking to go 2-0
For the second straight year, Northside Christian Academy opened the season with a hard-fought victory over Greenwood Christian. While the 41-14 final score may have looked like a comfortable Crusaders’ victory, head coach Dean Howell testified otherwise. “Our kids persevered,” he said. “Things weren’t going well for us early...
Low pay, too little staff contribute to high turnover of SC election officials
COLUMBIA — Less than two weeks into his role as interim election director of Aiken County, Michael Bond was running his first election. The county’s longtime elections director, Cynthia Holland, retired effective May 23. There was a special election in the first week of June. Then the statewide primaries the next week. At the end […]
Triangle Pharmacy Celebrates Grand Re-Opening
On Thursday, August 15th, Triangle Pharmacy & Home Medical Equipment celebrated its Grand Re-Opening, marking a new chapter in its long-standing history within the Triangle City community. Originally founded in 1953 by pharmacist Jennings Stroud, Triangle Pharmacy quickly became a local staple. The business was later passed down to Jennings’...
New Orangeburg County courthouse project expected to break ground in Spring 2025
ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. — The county of Orangeburg began demolition for the site of its new courthouse last September. Now the county says they are in their final steps before construction begins. Angel Howell is the administrative services division director for Orangeburg County. She says progress is well underway.
'Everything happened in the blink of an eye:' Kroger employees describe the moments after a man opened fire in parking lot
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a suspect in the shooting incident that took place outside of the Kroger Marketplace on Roberts Branch Parkway, off Farrow Road, on Sunday afternoon. Whitney Gist had just started shopping at the Kroger on Killian Road at Roberts Branch Parkway...
Woman accidentally shoots cousin during dispute, police say
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — A woman is out on bond in connection to a fatal shooting on King Street in Columbia. Tamara Anderson, 39, is accused of accidentally shooting her cousin, Eugene Bell, Jr., 32, on August 17 during a verbal altercation between her and an acquaintance, according to officials with the Columbia Police Department (CPD).
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