Irmo, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/ Irmo, SC News Give me a cheer: Whats that spell CHEER http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/5e6d27047a12dd4c9009113b4b4450c1.html READY OKpWhen 900 cheerleaders and dancers tumble twist and takeover Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center they will be in it to win itpMore than 50 teams from South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia compete Saturday in the 8220;New Year8217;s Jam Fest8221; cheer and dance competitionpFolks in the Vista area Saturday are likely to glimpse and hear gaggles of giggling bowheaded girls decked out in glitter and sparkling smilespBut they shouldn8217;t be written off as mere perky entertainers The cheerleaders of today take their sport seriously and demand the respect and title of athlete Richland Count y Counci l elect s new of ficer s and holds the hi s http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/17cd92b7875c97f39d3d73db99fa12d5.html Roll call Chair Paul Livingston Vice Chair Damon Jeter Joyce Dickerson Val Hutchinson Norman Jackson Gwendolyn Kennedy Bill Malinowski Jim Manning Greg Pearce Kit Smith and Kelvin Washington were present at the Richland County Council meeting January 6 2008 Sloop funeral planned for Friday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/8344877a3b44b0ceebfbc1168de94c04.html Funeral services are set for Friday for Steve Sloop a longtime real estate agent and husband of LexingtonRichland 5 school board member Carol SlooppThe 61yearold Irmo area resident died Tuesday of cancerpServices will be at 11 am in Boyce Chapel at First Baptist Church in Columbia Bearcat Invitational wrestling tourney bigger and better this year http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/4fd5ccea7ae7cc2b4f68b8f9479e1340.html Ready for some good action on the wrestling matsIf so the place to be is Rock Hill High School on Friday and Saturday for the 27th annual Piedmont Medical Center Bearcat Invitational Tree falls on grandmother's home for the second time http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/454206882d9edeaca00100901df7b3f5.html Thousands of people lost power across the Carolinas as a cold front swept the region with wind and rain and a landslide destroyed a home in the mountains In Irmo wind didn39;tjust knock out power it knocked down treesOne landed on a 60yearold grandmother39;s home in Lexington CountyClick here for SCEamp;G power outage information Business In Brief January 6 2009 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/d6e46eb1fc1a031f210b8ed22c183cf9.html York Regional Chamber to celebrate 10th yearThe York County Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 10th anniversary as a regional chamber at its annual meeting on Jan 15 at the Baxter M Hood Center in Rock Hill The annual meeting will be presented by Wachovia Bank Three suspects in home breakins arrested http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/0ce7ddb59c156542837e595f2aae82d3.html Lexington County Sheriffs Department has arrested three men in connection with breakins at two homes on Collins Court near IrmopLexington County Sheriff James R Metts said deputies arrested Brandon James Glover 17 of Piney Woods Road Columbia; James Eddie Reeves 20 of Smokey Joe Court Lexington; and Matthew Jay Walker 19 of Meggett Road Irmo Each were arrested on two counts of seconddegree burglary pThey are being held at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting bond hearingspDeputies began investigating a breakin at a home on Collins Court at 12:38 Monday Metts said The homeowner told deputies that he returned to his home at 12:30 pm and found that someone had turned on a television and had taken a Nintendo Wii video game system that was attached to itpThe homeowner saw a vehicle parked outside his neighbors home on Collins Court and called the Lexington County Communications Center providing dispatchers with a description of the vehicle as well as the vehicles license plate number Metts said The homeowner then saw the vehicle drive away Testimony ends in Burnlounge music store case http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/irmo/content/173c971f355362b2e8d3ef2ea46dd981.html COLUMBIA The federal lawsuit that alleges former University of South Carolina football star Rob DeBoer was involved in the pyramid scheme is in the hands of a judge