News and Views from Around the State: Monday, August 18, 2025

Irmo Little League All-Stars earned their way into the Little 
League World Series with a walk-off win and dominated
the first round. They play Las Vegas today at 3 p.m. in 

Williamsport, Pa. You can watch the game on ESPN. 

RICHLAND COUNTY: IRMO: SPORTS: Irmo dominates Braintree, Massachusetts 13-0 in first round of Little League World Series: Irmo All-Stars, representing the Southeast defeated the Northeast team, Braintree, Mass., 13-0 in four innings with a 10 run mercy rule calling the game. Irmo will play Las Vegas today at 3 p.m. in Williamsport. Pa. 

SOUTH CAROLINA: RICHLAND COUNTY: US SENATE: ELECTION 2O26: Lindsey Graham is coming to town: Lindsey Graham is scheduled to be the guest at a Town Hall meeting Tuesday hosted by the Richland County Republican Party. The meeting will take place at the monthly GOP meeting at 6: p.m. at the Willoughby Humphrey & D’Antoni Law Firm, 930 Richland St., Columbia, S.C. 29201. Graham is facing two challengers in the GOP primary, upstate businessman Mark Lynch and Charleston Attorney and long-time conservative political operative Paul Dans.

SOUTH CAROLINA: MILITARY: Gov. McMaster mobilizes 200 National Guard troops to D.C. to aid Trump’s anti-crime initiative: The South Carolina contingent will join 800 troops already in the nation’s capital to support the President’s “Restore Law and Order in the District of Columbia” initiative. West Virginia and Ohio have also agreed to sending guardsmen.

SUMTER COUNTY: American Legion Sumter Post 15 charter has been revoked by the South Carolina American Legion; Events suspended: American Legion Sumter Post 15 has been shut down after a serious of complaints that led to an investigation by the State American Legion followed by an unanimous vote to revoke the charter. All activities have been suspended. 

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PICKENS COUNTY: EASLEY: SPORTS: MOTORSPORTS: Supporters rally to turn legendary Greenville-Pickens Speedway into a historic site: Supporters gathered at the once popular speedway that is now closed in hopes to preserve the track as a historic site. The legendary track is the home to the first start-to-finish televised NASCAR race and where NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson, “The Silver Fox,” won his first track championship in 1959 winning 30 of 42 races that season. 

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