Month: October 2016

West Columbia Aldi store is getting upgrades, to reopen mid-November

West Columbia’s Aldi grocery store at 2930 Augusta Rd.  (US 1) is closed and undergoing a renovation. The discount store will be updated and enlarged. It will carry more products, because of more floor space when it is reopened, according to a company spokeswoman. The store will be more energy efficient, too.  “The 2930 Augusta […]

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Cayce’s Guignard Park to reopen Saturday with Partin versus Almond ping-pong match

The Grand Reopening of Guignard Park is at 11 a.m. Saturday. The park sits just off of Knox-Abbott Drive in Cayce. The city will hold a grand reopening ceremony. The park is reopening after undergoing multiple improvements over the past year. Cayce Mayor Elise Partin and District 1 Councilwoman Tara Almond will be playing the first […]

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Next Cayce City Council meeting is Oct. 19

The City of Cayce’s regular council meeting has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. on Oct. 19.  Council meetings are at the Cayce Municipal Complex, 1800 12th Street, Cayce. City of Cayce staff have moved the dates of meetings this month because of scheduling conflicts.

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Pine Ridge Middle School Fundraiser Car Show is Saturday

The Pine Ridge Middle School Gold Fest Car Show  Fundraiser Car Show is Saturday, at 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. It’s at 735 Pine Ridge Drive West Columbia SC 29172. Registration opens at 9am ~ Show 10 a.m. Open for All makes, models, & years. Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Classics, Street Rods, Pro-Street, Race Cars, Imports, […]

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Gray Collegiate Academy names Gene Frye as new varsity baseball coach

Gray Collegiate Academy has named Gene Frye as its new varsity baseball coach. He is a championship- caliber coach Frye began coaching when he was 16 with Lexington Dixie Youth Baseball. He has coached at all levels of recreational baseball from Majors, Pony, and American Legion. He has coached on the high school level too. […]

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Woman charged with attempted murder in weekend shooting

Lexington County deputies arrested a woman Saturday night in connection with a shooting at a Lexington home. Angie Jennifer Stone, 39, is charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of possessing a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. She was arrested at her home in the 100 block of […]

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Man gets life sentence in death of 2-year-old

Joshua Warren Hopkins has been sentenced to life in prison. Hopkins, 29, was found guilty in a Lexington County Court of Homicide by child abuse and aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse. The verdict stems from the death of Tayshun “Tae” Swearington, 2, on November 27, 2013. Hopkins was sentenced to life imprisonment by […]

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Ramblin Road and Wilton Road (Tues. and Thurs.) meetings postponed

ATTENTION!!! Due to Hurricane Matthew and the events of the past week. SCDOT must reschedule the meetings previously planned for Tuesday (6 p.m at Congaree Elementary) and Thursday (6 p.m. Springdale Baptist)  to discuss the Dam issues at Wilton, Durham, and Ramblin Roads. The staff of DOT is spread out along the coast of SC, […]

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