Month: January 2019

Dominion Energy merger with with Cayce-based SCANA is completed

Dominion Energy, Inc. and SCANA Corporation announced Wednesday that they have completed their merger, for customers in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina. SCANA was the primary electric utility for Lexington County. Click for link to Dominion website Dominion said the:  Merger benefits SCANA’s customers, communities; Reduces customer bills, commits to maintain or exceed customer service […]

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Missing Lexington woman has been found, safe

Ginger Grogan has been located. She is safe after willingly leaving her home Dec. 27. The Lexington Sheriff’s Department had been working to locate Ginger Grogan. She was last seen about 5:45 a.m. last Thursday. No one had spoken with her since 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. Her family has reported her as missing, with no […]

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Portion of Timmerman Trail open, lots of Cayce Riverwalk closed

Timmerman Trail on the Cayce Riverwalk, and the section of Riverwalk from the H. Kelley Jones Park in the Riverland Park neighborhood to the Timmerman Trail loop are open. The rest of the Riverwalk is closed due to rising waters from the Congaree River. Riverwalk will be opened as soon as the flood waters recede […]

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Brent Johnson debuts new morning radio show on 93.1 The Lake

By Karamie Sullivan-ColaDaily Award-winning radio personality Brent Johnson returned to local radio Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. on 93.1 The Lake. Johnson, who has spent most of his 40-year radio career in Columbia, joins the station as program director and morning show host after a five month hiatus. Midlands Media Group LLC, led by local […]

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Dominion Energy merger with with Cayce-based SCANA is completed

Dominion Energy, Inc. and SCANA Corporation announced Wednesday that they have completed their merger, for customers in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina. SCANA was the primary electric utility for Lexington County. Click for link to Dominion website Dominion said the:  Merger benefits SCANA’s customers, communities; Reduces customer bills, commits to maintain or exceed customer service […]

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Missing Lexington woman has been found, safe

Ginger Grogan has been located. She is safe after willingly leaving her home Dec. 27. The Lexington Sheriff’s Department had been working to locate Ginger Grogan. She was last seen about 5:45 a.m. last Thursday. No one had spoken with her since 12:45 p.m. on Thursday. Her family has reported her as missing, with no […]

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West Columbia, Cayce Lizard’s Thicket restaurants packed New Year’s Day for Collard greens and black-eyed peas

The Lizard’s Thicket restaurants are known for their variety of Southern food. But Tuesday was a special day. Collard greens and black-eyed peas are a New Year’s tradition. It’s said that meal will bring luck. And the Lizard’s Thicket restaurants in West Columbia and Cayce were packed Tuesday, because they serve collard greens and black-eyed […]

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Columbia Metropolitan Airport adds Orlando flight, NYC flight coming in May

The number of flight options out of Cayce-based Columbia Metropolitan Airport increased in 2018, and another is planned in the spring. Columbia Metropolitan Airport welcomed VIA Airlines on Dec. 21.  On that day VIA Airlines began nonstop service to Orlando Sanford International. With the Orlando flight, the number of nonstop destinations out of CMA is […]

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