Guignard Park sits in a lush bed of nature, just off of heavily traveled Knox-Abbott Drive. In 2015, upgrades were planned for the popular park in Cayce. Those improvements are in the process of being made, now. The City of Cayce sought bids last year from landscape architectural and civil engineering firms for the “planning, […]

The much-anticipated Food Truck Court opened on Meeting Street in West Columbia, Monday. “This is just one of many good things coming to West Columbia,” said Mayor Bobby Horton before the ribbon was cut on the new food truck court. He said the next six months will be a period of new development for the […]

Micah Caskey said he will run for S.C. House Seat 89, being vacated by Kenny Bingham. Caskey, a prosecutor in the 11th Judicial Circuit, announced his intention to run for the seat, Sunday evening. Caskey, 34, said in a press release datelined Springdale, he is a lifelong conservative Republican. He said he will file to […]

“Know who your ideal client is.” That was the message from Jerry Bellune during the Funshop meeting March 11, at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Jerry and his wife, MacLeod Bellune, own The Lexington County Chronicle. Bellune said he has succeed for more than 20 years as a newspaper owner by forging positive relationships […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Craig S. Wolfe (born 1955) of Cherry Hill, New Jersey on charges connected to sexual conduct with minors. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, a member of the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, made the arrest. The arrest was announced in a press […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has terminated a part-time administrative employee of the Coroner’s Office. Ther termination was made after Fisher received notice from the South Carolina Highway Patrol that the employee Amanda Corley, 29, had been arrested and was being charged with driving under the influence. Corley was arrested and charged with driving under […]

Brayden Cullum, a ninth-grade student at Brookland-Cayce High School, played the next to the last set at Wing Wing Cafe in Harbison Thursday night. Youtube video of Brayden Cullum playing guitar Cullum (with the white guitar) played lead on the song Sultans of Swing, the guitar anthem made famous by world renown guitarist Mark Knopfler […]