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Valentines baked treats, flowers, and dining, find it in West Columbia

Valentine’s Day is celebrated every year on February 14. This year it’s on Saturday. Love, romance, and affection are expressed through gifts of flowers, cards, special gestures, and sweets on Valentine’s Day. It originated in the Middle Ages as an occasion to honor St. Valentine, an early Christian martyr. Valentine’s […]

5 Brookland-Cayce High School standout athletes and coaches to be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame

Five former standout athletes and coaches from Brookland-Cayce High School will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. The event is set for halftime of the home varsity boys basketball game on Thursday, February 12. Following are this year’s inductees: George Beam – Coach –1979 – 1986 George Beam […]

Woman’s Club of Cayce presents $8,000 grant to the Scooter Scott Ministry, Snack Pack Program

The Woman’s Club of Cayce is pleased to announce the presentation of an $8,000 General Federation of Woman’s Clubs, South Carolina (GFWC-SC), Progress Foundation Grant to the Scooter Scott Ministry, Snack Pack Program. The GFWC-SC Progress Foundation provides grants to local South Carolina Women’s Clubs for community projects, funded by […]

Irmo Fire, with West Columbia Fire, Lexington County Fire and Columbia Fire Department on the scene of a structure fire -Video Link

Irmo Fire crews are on the scene, Tuesday morning, of a structure fire in the 100 block of Garden Path Lane. Crews from West Columbia Fire Department, Lexington County Fire and Columbia Fire Department are assisting. Click here for the video and here First arriving units found heavy fire from […]

Sugar Ray, along with bluegrass, jazz, pop, rock, and country, at the West Columbia Meeting Street Music Fest

The City of West Columbia is excited to announce the return of the award-winning 3rd Annual Meeting Street Music Festival, a free, two-day celebration of live music, food, and community, happening Friday and Saturday, April 17–18, on Meeting Street in West Columbia. The festival features 11 incredible bands across multiple […]

Man, age 47, found dead of gunshot wounds in Lexington County, coroner releases his identity

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of a man who was found deadoutside of a residence in the 100 block of Villa Court, off of Emmanuel Church Road, in Lexington County on Sunday, at approximately 4:40 p.m. Fisher states that Mr. Hoyt Mitchell Jennings, 47, of Columbia, […]

Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies conducting death investigation

Deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are on the scene of a death investigation at a home on Villa Court, off of Emanuel Church Road, in Lexington County. The investigation was reported Sunday night. One person has been detained in relation to the incident. Deputies said they do not […]

Man who died in Lexington County plane crash is identified by coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died in a single-engine planecrash that occurred in the 500 block of Country Creek Lane in the Gilbert area of Lexington County onFriday, at approximately 9:25 a.m. According to Fisher, Mr. Andrew Frederick Nichols, 30, of Huntsville, Alabama was a […]

Cayce Police Department Announces New Assistant Police Chief

The City of Cayce is proud to announce the appointment of Jonathan E. von Moltke as the new Assistant Chief of the Cayce Police Department, bringing more than a decade of diverse law enforcement, training, and leadership experience to the role. Assistant Chief von Moltke has served in law enforcement since 2012 and is […]