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Trinity Baptist Church is C-WC Chamber’s Business of the Quarter

Trinity Baptist Church of Cayce was named “Business of the Quarter” at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday at Stone River in West Columbia. Pastor Eddie Coakley of Trinity was presented a flag, Chamber Board President Hayley Bowers, with the Business of the Quarter recognition. Members of the church stook with Coakley. Each quarter […]

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Identity of man killed in Lexington County crash released by coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single- vehicle accident in the 100 block of Wagner Highway at approximately 3:40 a,m. Tuesday, in Lexington County. According to Fisher, Mr. Richard Earl Barnes, 49, of Leesville, was a passenger in a Ford Ranger that was traveling on Wagner Highway towards […]

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Tom Ledbetter of Midlands Technical College addresses C-WC Chamber Breakfast

Tom Ledbetter, Entrepreneurship and Educational Support at Midlands Technical College, spoke at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday at Stone River in West Columbia. He said Midlands Technical College experienced a six-percent increase in enrollment in the Spring of 2022, after a $17 million increase in funding to the state’s technical education system from […]

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Primal Gourmet announces its “temporary closure” due to “perfect storm of bad circumstances”

Via social media, Primal Gourmet, 725 Meeting St., West Columbia, announced it’s closing, Tuesday. The message was posted on Facebook. A copy of the message is posted below: It is with a heavy heart that we are formally announcing a temporary closure of Primal Gourmet. We have been hit with a perfect storm of bad […]

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1 killed in Lexington County crash

One person was killed and another was injured in an early-morning Tuesday crash in Lexington County. The single-vehicle collision occurred at about 3:40 a.m. on S.C. 113 (Wagener Highway near Leesville) close to the intersection with U.S. 17 (Fairview Road) according to Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway patrol. A Ford Ranger pickup […]

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School bus engine catches on fire, students evacuated, in Lexington County

Lexington County is reporting that students were safely evacuated from their school bus after the engine compartment of the bus caught fire Monday. Lexington County Fire Service responded to the fire call at approximately 7:15 a.m. on the 400 block of Wayne Street in Gaston.

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Lexington 2 Teacher Recruitment Fair at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Innovation Center in Cayce

Lexington Two School District is recruiting new teachers. The Lexington Two is in-person Teacher Recruitment Fair is Tuesday, from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Lexington Two Innovation Center (509 Bulldong Blvd.) just off of 12th. Street Extension in Cayce. At the recruitment fair, candidates for teaching jobs will have the opportunity to meet and talk […]

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Cucinella’s pizzeria and Italian ice and restaurant is open on Sunset Boulevard

Cucinella’s Slices and Ices is now open in the Westland Square (Food Lion) shopping center 2250-M Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. It’s a pizzeria and Italian ice restaurant. It opens daily at 4 p.m. now and plans are to be open for lunch in the future. Beer and wine are not available, but plans are […]

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