The West Columbia Beautification Foundation awarded the quarterly featured property to Whetzel’s Automotive, 2017 Augusta Road, West Columbia, at the August 2020 Virtual Board Meeting, Thursday. Whetzel’s Automotive added beautiful landscaping and flowers to the property, continuing to help beautify the US 1 corridor.   West Columbia Beautification Foundation Vice-Chairman Bill Mooneyhan said, “Congratulations to […]

Three new members have been announced to the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber and Visitors Center Board of Directors. They are: Vince Rhodes, Chairman of the Board, State Credit Union. Vince has been a part of the Business Community for many years including serving as Chairman of the State Credit Union. Kim Jamieson, Director of Marketing […]

Stein Mart, a sore that has been around for 112–years, has filed for bankruptcy. Most stores will close, and likely the one in Lexington. The COVID-19 crisis “caused significant financial distress on our business,” Stein Mart CEO Hunt Hawkins said in a release on Wednesday. The coronavirus forced store closings in many states. It was […]

This older photo is of the State Bank and Trust Company at 131 State Street in West Columbia in 1967. The photo came from an ad in the 1967 Airport High School Yearbook that is in the possession of Bill Mooneyhan. The building is the current site of Spa 131. Spa 131  is a premier […]

Ann Bailey- Robinson received 58 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election to fill Cayce City Council seat No. 3. J. Kelly Wuest got 23 percent of the vote and Robin Milton received 19 percent. There were 53 votes cast in the election. The term for Council Seat 3 is set to expire on […]

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – Sixty-four Lexington Two high school students earned scores high enough on multiple AP exams to be named AP Scholars, with one earning National AP Scholar, a distinction given to fewer than 1 percent of students nationwide. The Advanced Placement (AP) Program recognizes high school students who […]

The former George I. Pair, Jr. Elementary School building on Platt Springs Road was approved as a program site for students by the Lexington Two Board at its meeting, Thursday. There will be a five-day-a-week supervised learning program operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands in partnership with Still Hopes, at the […]