After careful consideration, the City of West Columbia’s 3rd Annual Kinetic Derby Day is canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day planning committee will continue to actively work with schools, artists, and businesses to engage broad community participation for next year’s event. West Columbia’s 4th Annual Kinetic Derby Day is scheduled for April 24, 2021. For […]

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the name of the individual who died on Saturday. The South Carolina Highway Patrol and EMS responded to a motorcycle crash at just after 3 p.m. on the 2200 block of Chapin Road, Chapin.    Donald Cordy, 25, of State Park Road, Prosperity, was transported by EMS to Palmetto […]

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation, one of the fastest-growing pharmaceuticals companies in the nation, announced a $50,0000 donation to the American Red Cross of South Carolina in order to offset the extraordinary challenges the organization faces amid the COVID-19 pandemic.    This new partnership will help at this uniquely critical moment in our state […]

The El Jimador Mexican Restaurant has opened at 514 Knox-Abbott Drive, in Cayce. The restaurant opened on May 15. It is beside Marcos Pizza, and across from the Brookland-Cayce High School stadium. Click for a link to the El Jimador The restaurant serves: burritos; fajitas; tacos; burgers, sandwiches, seafood, kids meals; soups; salads, cocktails; desserts; […]

Former Airport and South Carolina running back Duce Staley will lead the Philadelphia Eagles. Staley was the team’s assistant head coach. On Sunday, it was announced that Philadelphia head coach Doug Pederson has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is asymptomatic and Staley assumed the head coaching duties inside the team facility. Staley broke into […]

The U.S. Army Black Daggers – Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team – jumped onto the Lexington Medical Center campus, Tuesday. A crowd on the ground of LMC employees and members of the community cheered the soldiers. The jump is part of the Army’s Salute to Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and brought smiles to the […]

Dylan Yancey Steele has been arrested and charged in connection to a boat crash on the Broad River that killed a man and a woman. (Feature photo is of the Broad River from SC DNR.) The collision occurred around 9:30 p.m. Saturday off of Broad River Road in the Pomaria/Peak area. The two killed in […]

Lexington is one of five South Carolina counties with more than 100 COVID-19 deaths, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. In Lexington County, 102 people had died of coronavirus, as of Monday afternoon. Greenville County led the state in coronavirus deaths with 180. Richland County was second with 139. Horry County […]