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The State Street Art Crawl (First Fridays on State) for October is Friday, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. The free event is hosted by State + Meeting and it’s on State Street, West Columbia. Rob Shaw Gallery and Framing is hosting Collections-A Multi Artist Show (with art by Lindsay Wiggins, Dylan Fouste, and Pascale Bilgis, […]
Read More >>The City of West Columbia has posted an historical photo of West Columbia on its Facebook page. Visible is what is now Terra and Ed’s Editions and a couple of buildings now longer standing. It is a view of State Street looking at Meeting Street, circa 1961. The credit for the photo goes to Mr. […]
Read More >>The City of Cayce Events Committee is excited to announce a new event for Cayce residents and visitors, the Cayce Fall Fest. This FREE culturally diverse event will be held Saturday, October 5, from 1 pm – 7 pm in Granby Gardens Park featuring performances by live local bands and a DJ. The band line-up […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a vehicle collision that occurred on Old Orangeburg Road, in front Saxe Gotha Elementary School, at approximately 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. According to Fisher, Mr. Scott Andrew Woodruff, 33, of Lexington was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained. Mr. Woodruff, who […]
Read More >>Two males have been charged in separate and unrelated incidents with making threats to students at their respective schools. One of the males attends Carolina Springs Middle School. The 13-year-old made a statement Sept. 30 to another student he was going to “shoot up the school then shoot himself,” according to an incident report. The other male, […]
Read More >>The business license for the Knights Inn Hotel, at 1987 Airport Boulevard in Cayce, is under suspension as of Wednesday. This suspension will remain in effect pending a hearing before Cayce City Council members. This hearing, scheduled for Oct. 24, at 5:30 pm, will determine whether the business license will be revoked permanently. The Cayce Department […]
Read More >>The 2019 School District Report Card ratings have been issued and it shows West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy with an “Excellent” rating. The S.C. Department of Education released the report card ratings Tuesday. It is the the highest rating achieved by Gray in school history. Gray is in the Charter Institute of Erskine and its […]
Read More >>West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton and West Columbia City Council presented Rhett Galloway, Eagle Scout, a resolution for his community service project. Rhett built and installed three wooden benches in the Fowler Park and Douglas Reeves Park in West Columbia. (Pictured: Robyn Galloway, Mother, Rhett Galloway, and Mayor Pro-Tem Miles.)Tags:
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