The Lexington County Museum is holding its annual Civil War Encampment and Candlelight Tour again this year.  This event will take place on Saturday and Sunday (this weekend.) The encampment is free to the public, and it will allow visitors to learn more about the daily lives of soldiers in the Civil War, their uniforms, […]

Roger Sipe, Lexington Medical Center’s Senior Vice President of Operations, gave a construction progress update at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday. The hospital is in the middle of a $400 million expansion plan that will add a 10-floor tower, 545,000 square feet, 175 beds, eight operating rooms, and 20 specially […]

Release from Lexington County Sheriff’s Department:  Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon has received approval from the Lexington County Council to use state dollars to start a body camera pilot program. “I’m thankful to council for supporting our plan. Body cameras are valuable tools that our citizens expect us to have,” Koon said. “They help us be […]

A Groundbreaking Ceremony was held Tuesday for Brookland. Brookland is the multi-million-dollar residential, commercial and retail development planned for four acres at State and Meeting streets in West Columbia. West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton said West Columbia was once named “Brookland” and we are “embracing Brookland again.” Teresa Hodges said Brookland will be a “landmark” […]

Bruce Wayne is the Springdale Police Department’s drug-sniffing K9. Bruce Wayne was honored at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Tuesday as the Law Enforcement Officer-of-the-Month. Bruce Wayne is pictured with Springdale Police Chief Kevin Cornett and Pvt. Evan McWilliams. Bruce Wayne has helped police discover methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs. Vaughan Dozier […]

Norris “MJ” Reed of Sandhills Middle School was named Student-of-the-Month and Cathy Hill of Sandhills Middle was named Teacher-of-the-Month, Tuesday.  Sandhills Middle is in the Lexington 4 School District. The recognition came at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. It was held at Lexington Medical Center.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person killed in a two-vehicle accident  that occurred on Tuesday. It happened in the 1100 block of US 378 near Clubside Drive in Lexington County  at approximately 5:45 p.m. Fisher states that Autumn Victoria Joiner, 20 years old, of Blythewood. died at the scene from the injuries she […]