From the Columbia Police Department – At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, a Columbia Police officer on patrol in the 2100 block of Bull Street detected a strong odor of smoke and saw a dense layer of fog hovering in the area. Columbia Fire Department crews were already approaching the scene of the Babcock Building, […]

Several grassroots organizations are planning to gather at the SC Statehouse, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, to tell lawmakers that it is time to end COVID restrictions and open up the state, fully. The demonstrators do not want the governor to make any additional Executive Orders adding COVID 19 prohibitions. They also want mask mandates to […]

Multiple crews responded to a fire at the historic Babcock Building in the Bull Street area of Columbia, Saturday morning. Fire fighters were attacking the fire from the outside of the building. EMS was also on scene, according to the Columbia Fire Department. The first crews responded sometime after 6:30 a.m. There was heavy fire […]

Multiple SC Grassroots organizations representing hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians will be gathering at the SC Statehouse, Tuesday, said Pressley Stutts, chairman of United Patriots Alliance. The rally is to tell lawmakers that it is way past time to open up the State of SC fully by removing the governor’s authority to make additional […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]