The City of Cayce passed final reading of it general fund and utility fund budget, at a meeting Wednesday. The General Fund Budget is balanced at $11,873,880. It includes a 10% increase in health insurance costs and a 2% Cost-of-Living raise for all employees. The Utility Fund Budget is balanced at $12,073,121. The budget includes […]

Eastbound Lanes at Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Blvd Closed Due to Accident. There was a fatality. The collision  involved a motorcycle and a truck, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the West Columbia Police Department. The West Columbia Police Department has closed the Eastbound lanes of Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Boulevard due to […]

Eastbound Lanes at Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Blvd Closed Due to Accident. There was a fatality. The collision  involved a motorcycle and a truck, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the West Columbia Police Department. The West Columbia Police Department has closed the Eastbound lanes of Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Boulevard due to […]

It looks like a deli sandwich shop and a hair-cutter are coming to the new shopping complex at Knox-Abbott Drive and Charleston Highway, in Cayce. “Schlotzsky’s has pulled a permit to upfit a space in the building next to the Walmart Neighborhood Market,” said Ashley Hunter, spokeswoman for the City of Cayce. “Great Clips has applied for sign […]

Press Release from Harrison Cahill, Lexington County Public Information Officer  COUNTY OF LEXINGTON RELEASES RESULTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY On April 11, 2016, Lexington County Council embarked on a community engagement survey, giving residents a chance to voice their opinions of the County’s provided services and how they can be improved. 500 of the County’s […]

Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are investigating after a body was found in near the Red Bank Wal-Mart on Tuesday morning. According to the sheriff’s department, the body was in a vehicle parked near the Wal-Mart at 1780 S. Lake Drive. The body was that of a white male, but officials have not […]

West Columbia City Council, at a special meeting Monday, passed first reading of $16.8 million general fund budget and a water-sewer budget. The water-sewer budget includes an increase in fees of between $4 and $4.50-a-month for in-city customers.  That increase is double for out of city users. Even with the increases in the water-sewer rate, […]

The following staff will serve at the schools listed for the 2016-17 School Year, that begins July 1. Leonard Frierson, Principal Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center / Wood Elementary School   Dr. Cecil McClary, Principal Elaine Lundy, Assistant Principal Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology   Hope Vrana, Principal Jim LeBlanc, Assistant Principal Springdale Elementary School […]