Month: September 2020

Airport High’s Brycen Redmond is a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director  – An Airport High School student has been announced as a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program, a prestigious recognition representing fewer than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors nationwide. Brycen Redmond will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National […]

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Brookland-Cayce’s Joseph Buchmaier a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – A Brookland-Cayce High School student has been announced as a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship program, a prestigious recognition representing fewer than 1 percent of U.S. high school seniors nationwide. Joseph Buchmaier will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,600 National […]

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Lexington-Richland 5 school parents holding rally to open schools 5 days a week

Parents of Lexington-Richland School District 5 are holding a Parents March on Monday. The group said citizens of the community will rally at the school board to get children back in school five days a week, in-person. The rally will be at 5:30 p.m. at the District 5 Board meeting. The Board meeting is at […]

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Nephron is looking for nurses to help get SC back to normal

Nephron Pharmaceuticals is looking for nurses. Are you a retired nurse, school nurse or hospital nurse. Nephron – which is based in West Columbia, just outside of Cayce – is testing students for COVID-19 across the state in an effort to get South Carolina back to normal. The job offers a great team, great hours […]

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Lexington Sheriff’s deputies looking for West Columbia teen

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 16-year-old Bella Pierce. they want to bring her home, safe. Family members told deputies they last saw her July 20 when she left her West Columbia home about midnight. She has some family in Blythewood.Bella, whose full name is Evelyn Isabella Pierce, is 5’9” and she weighs […]

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Springdale Police to hold Faye Swetlik dedication ceremony, Sept. 22

The Springdale Police Department is holding a special dedication ceremony in the memory of Faye Marie Swetlik. It is at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22 at Benton Park, 2915 Platt Springs Rd. Little Faye, is the six-year-old Springdale Elementary School student who went missing from her Churchill Heights home in Cayce on the afternoon of […]

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West Columbia’s parks are a bright spot in the year of COVID

West Columbia’s Interactive Art Park opened in September of 2019. Carraway Children’s Park opened two months later. Despite a year marked by the coronavirus crisis, the parks are now getting rave reviews. Click here to see a list of West columbia Parks “We love this park,” said Will Warren of West Columbia. He was speaking […]

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Feature in West Columbia Newsletter: West Columbia Real Estate market is hot

The article below is featured in the West Columbia Newsletter. Click here for a link to it West Columbia is a great place to live and the real estate market is red hot.“The West Columbia market is very busy,” said real estate agent Melissa Sprouse Browne, of SC Realty. She also owns the Real Estate […]

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