Keep the Midlands Beautiful in the News
KMB News for You
Organization of the Month Video
Richland County recognized Keep the Midlands Beautiful as their Organization of the Month in 2023! Watch the video here.
Litter Prevention Video
Keep the Midlands Beautiful enlisted the help of ten area mayors to make a 45-second litter prevention video. Watch the video here.
“Litterer’s Anonymous” Video
Richland County’s Communication’s Team produced this fun and educational 5-minute video, written by and featuring our very own 2023 KMB Team, about the importance of not littering. Watch the video here.
See more videos on our YouTube page at keep the midlands beautiful – YouTube.
KMB In the News
| Date | Topic | TV Station | Link (CTRL-Click to View) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/17/26 | “Greetings from Lexington” Mural | Lexington County Chronicle | Lexington’s new mural the 2nd in a Keep the Midlands Beautiful project series | Lexington County Chronicle |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | ABC Columbia | Keep the Midlands Beautiful unveils new mural at Finlay Park – ABC Columbia |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | Cola Daily | New mural unveiled at Finlay Park | Communities | coladaily.com |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | The Lexington Ledger | “Greetings From Columbia” Mural Unveiled June 10 at Finlay Park |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | WACH Fox 57 | City of Columbia unveils ‘Greetings From Columbia’ mural at Finlay Park |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | WIS | Finlay Park unveils new mural in downtown Columbia |
| 6/10/26 | “Greetings from Columbia” Mural | WLTX |
| Date | Topic | TV Station | Link (CTRL-Click to View) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/8/25 | Quarterly Adopt-A-Highway/Street Cleanup | WLTX | Keeping the Midlands beautiful clean up effort |
| 3/1/25 | Mural and Litter Cleanup in Cayce | WLTX | Brookland-Cayce students join Cayce councilmember for Saturday cleanup | wltx.com |
| 3/4/25 | Shoe Drive & Litter | WIS | Midlands nonprofit aims to reduce litter with shoe drive |
| 3/7/25 | Litter in Lexington County | WLTX | A look at litter in Lexington County | wltx.com |
| 3/14/25 | Annual Shoe Drive | WLTX | Keep the Midlands Beautiful annual shoe drive | wltx.com |
| 7/28/25 | “Greetings from Swansea” Mural | Lexington County Chronicle | Swansea’s new mural is the 1st in a Keep the Midlands Beautiful project series | Lexington County Chronicle |
| 12/3/25 | 500 Free Trees for Batesburg-Leesville | WIS News 10 | Batesburg-Leesville Receives Hundreds of Trees to Restore Beauty After Hurricane Helene |
| Date | Topic | TV Station | Link (CTRL-Click to view) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/5/24 | MLK Neighborhood Project | WIS | Volunteers needed for MLK Neighborhood Beautification Project (wistv.com) |
| 1/23/25 | MLK Neighborhood Project | WIS | Over 100 volunteers work on homes for MLK Neighborhood Beautification Project (wistv.com) |
| 3/19/24 | Volunteering with KMB | WIS | Help Keep the Midlands Beautiful, Through Volunteering (wistv.com) |
| 3/26/24 | AAW & AAH | WIS | Talkin’ Trash: Adopt a Waterway or a Highway with Keep the Midlands Beautiful (wistv.com) |
| 4/3/24 | Zero Tolerance for Litter | WLTX | Gathering at State House to battle litter | wltx.com |
| 7/26/24 | Lake Sweep / River Sweep | WIS | Talkin’ Trash Tuesday: A litter cleanup effort of Lake Murray is being planned (wistv.com) |
| 8/21/24 | Lake Sweep / River Sweep | ABC Columbia | Cleaning Lake Murray one bag at a time (abccolumbia.com) |
| 9/3/24 | Lake Sweep / River Sweep | WIS | Keep the Midlands Beautiful discusses 6th annual Lake Murray Cleanup (wistv.com) |