Cayce has money to fix flood damage to its Riverwalk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has released $1.4 million to the City of Cayce. Cayce City Manager Rebecca Vance announced the funding at Cayce City Council’s meeting, Tuesday. Landplan Group South was selected as the company to work on the Riverwalk repair. It […]

Lexington 2 School District was well-represented at the SC Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s last concert of the season, Sunday. Students from Brookland-Cayce and Airport High Schools participated in the concert. It was held at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia. Students from public, private and home schools from across the state audition to become […]

Two suspects arrested, charged with murder in Gaston shooting death  A man and a woman have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting last week on Meadowfield Road in Gaston.  Fareen Rasheed Makeen and Teresa Farris Epley were present and involved with the shooting death of Ryan Williams last Friday at approximately […]

CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE Lexington Interfaith Community Services (LICS)  announces that for every dollar raised for LICS on May 3, through Midlands Gives, House of Raeford Farms is donating one pound of chicken to stock the LICS mobile food pantry. The mobile food pantry visits throughout Lexington County.  Stay tuned for details on how you can give […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was shot at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Friday  (April 29.) The shooting occurred, according to Fisher,  in the 1200 block of Meadowfield Road in Gaston. The person shot was Ryan Williams, 21, of Swansea. An autopsy performed on Williams indicated that he suffered a single […]

The West Columbia Regular Council Meeting is 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 3, at West Columbia City Hall, 200 N. 12th Street, West Columbia. The agenda: Mr. Gregory Sprouse and Mr. Reginald Simmons, Central Midlands Council of Governments, Re: Request for the City of West Columbia to Participate in the “Regional Bike and Pedestrian Master Planning” and Contribute $10,000 […]

Cayce City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, at the Cayce Municipal Building, 1800 12th Street, Cayce. On the agenda is an ordinance to adopt a stormwater enforcement plan and an amendment to the Cayce’s zoning ordinance related to the city’s overlay district. Other items include discussion of and votes on: Cayce […]

It was another lyrical weekend for the Rhythm on the River concerts at the West Columbia Amphitheater. Quiet Storm played a repertoire of songs that ranged from Earth, Wind and Fire’s “September” to “I Love Beach Music,” by the Embers. It was a lively crowd. The alcohol-free concert was sponsored by FAVOR, or Faces And […]