Irmo News

When three state troopers were charged last year with using excessive force against fleeing motorists, they turned to John O'Leary to defend them in their federal civil rights cases.

A 19-year-old Irmo man is under arrest after officials say he had sex with a 15-year-old girl at his home.

The All-Local Farmers Market will celebrate Fourth of July by moving to its permanent home in Columbia's Olympia neighborhood Saturday.

A fire destroyed a home in Irmo Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews got a call of a blaze in the 2200 block of Shady Grove Road just after 1:15 p.m. Columbia Deputy Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins say no one was inside the home at the time of the fire.

By GINA SMITH Beth Price and her two children could have gone to the zoo during their Thursday visit to Columbia.Instead, they opted for a stroll around the State House grounds."You can always see a tiger," said Price, a West Virginia resident.

As massive protests and turmoil in his native Iran dominate world headlines, Loujan Matin keeps prayerful focus on a poster in his medical office featuring the photographs of seven Iranians imprisoned because of their faith.

On a quiet street in Irmo, volunteers at a crisis ministry meet each weekday morning inside a nondescript brown brick building to dispense a tangible vision of God's love.

Funeral services for Wilma J. Harris, also known as "Mama Joe," 79, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel with interment in Bush River Memorial Gardens.

Just in time for the first 100-degree forecast of the year, cool columns of water will spurt from the new fountain/spray pool at Drew Park today.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have charged two Midlands men with producing T-shirts with trademarked logos and designs and selling them at sporting events, including the Super Bowl, an Irmo police news release said.

Twenty-two S.C. public schools have been recognized by Newsweek magazine for challenging their students through Advanced Placement courses, International Baccalaureate programs and more.

FOB Leatherneck IAP Worldwide Services in Irmo, SC, won a $21.3 million service, firm-fixed-price contract to provide electrical power distribution service to Forward Operating Base Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

An early morning blaze ripped through the inside of a home in Irmo on Monday. According to Deputy Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins, units responded to 320 Dutch Drive at 5:30 a.m. after a tip from a neighbor that the house was on fire.

Now that schools out for the summer, kids are in need of a positive place to get out their energy.

Lee Duncan of Irmo shot a first-round 2-under 69 to take a two-shot lead over Carson Young of Pendleton in the boys 13-14 bracket at the SCGA Junior Championship at Bulls Bay on Tuesday.

Two teenagers were arrested, and police are looking for two more after they allegedly shot at cars as they drove through an Irmo neighborhood.

A helicopter flies over the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

After 32 years in education, Lexington 3 superintendent William M. Gummerson is retiring to become a professor in Appalachian State University's College of Education next year.

The casket containing the body of Dr. George Tiller is taken into the College Hill United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kan., Saturday.

Henry Timrod Elementary School and CHOiCES Charter School were among many organizations that benefited from the services of about 800 Methodist volunteers during the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church's Great Day of Service.