“Black Balloon Day” honors the 201 lives lost to drug overdoses in 2023
“I myself am two and a half years into recovery. I’ve lost multiple people to overdose and addiction. Two are my best friends”
Author: Lee Williams
Hundreds attend “Disability Advocacy Day” at the Statehouse
“I was born three months premature with cerebral palsy, and Easterseals provided physical therapy services to me until I was about 6 years old. And a couple years ago, after I’d grown up and gone to college, I actually got a pilot’s license, and I wanted to give back to Easterseals,” Mackey says.
SC Emergency Management Division offers tips for severe weather preparedness
Most of the Palmetto State is also considered vulnerable to severe flooding, so representatives say always take flood warnings and alerts seriously. “A mere six inches of fast moving water can knock over an adult, and 12 inches of fast moving water can carry away most cars. Two feet can sweep away SUVs and trucks,” Quagliariello says.
“Hamilton” performer spends afternoon with Nursery Road Elementary students
Carrasco’s advice to the young students? Always be yourself. “Nobody can be a better you than you can be, and sometimes that involves learning how to maximize what you may see as your weaknesses and use them as your greatest strengths. I shared with the students today that I really disliked my voice for so long, I wanted it not to be raspy, not to be congested, not to be high, but it’s what makes Stephen Carrasco… Stephen,” he says.
Lexington-Richland School District Five holds “First Jobs Signing Day” for students
Seventeen students in Lexington-Richland School District Five are starting their first jobs — and today they made it official at the 2nd Annual “First Jobs Signing Day.”
100-year-old sewer line affecting restaurants in downtown Lexington set to be replaced
The isolated sewer line that failed just over a year ago was installed back in 1925. But the problematic pipe can’t be repaired or replaced, because in the 1940’s, the building that’s currently home to Groucho’s Deli restaurant was built on top of it.
Local parents demand drug dealers be held accountable after losing children to fentanyl overdose
“So talk to your children, tell them. Don’t be scared. Don’t think, ‘Oh, we don’t need to have that conversation,’ because that’s what I thought, and this is what I hold today. I have my memories and a sign,” says Smith.
Air Force member in critical condition after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in DC
An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force was critically injured Sunday after setting himself ablaze outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., while declaring that he “will no longer be complicit in genocide,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Toms Creek Family Farms opening mobile market in local food deserts
“On Mondays the market will be at Hyatt Park, which is where we are today for the press conference, and on Tuesdays it will be at Greenview Park, and on Thursdays it will be at Edgewood Library from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. And that’s our initial target is the 29203 and 29204 zip code, but we hope to expand eventually,” says Driggers.
“Go Red” Heart Campaign kicks off with walk to Statehouse, provides tips for CPR and AED use
“With just CPR, it is vital and it is important. But, we can’t restart the heart with CPR. We’re just keeping them going until the AED arrives. So the AED is vital — whether it comes from the EMT or it comes from the one in the break room, the AED is what’s going to bring them back to life,” she says.
