Donate ’til June 15.  A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size 11. Also being collected are […]

The Lexington 2 School Board of Trustees will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (June 16) at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia. The proposed Agenda includes Second Reading of the 2016/17 Proposed General Fund Budget; consideration of the IKA-R, Grading System; Recommendation to […]

The Rhythm on the River held its last concert of the spring series, Saturday. The concerts are a product of The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and its sponsors. The Mustache Brothers took the stage at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheatre after  The Prairie Willows opened. The next series begins in the fall. Stay in […]

Dee Alessandro, fishing with West Columbia City Councilman Trevor Bedell, hauled in this big ‘un on Saturday. The stiper were biting en masse, according Bedell. Catch and release requirements are in effect- and that’s what the fisherman did after landing this big fish. Alessandro said he loves to come up from his home in Charleston […]

Nephron Pharmaceuticals has been approved to produce a new drug. “This is big news and it’s very good news,” said Lou Kennedy, Saturday, She is president and CEO of Nephron. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has given Nephron permission to manufacture Budesonide. It’s a generic steroid administered to asthma and emphysema patients. Kennedy said Nephron […]

The Mustache Brothers play the last Rhythm on the River concert of the spring, Saturday. It’s at the West Columbia Amphitheatre.  The Opener is The Prairie Willows at 6 p.m. The Mustache Brothers are scheduled to come on around 7 p.m. Sponsored by: PCT SERVICES Food Truck: C&L’s GRILL ON WHEELS The Mustache Brothers rely on […]

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department investigators are seeking information on whereabouts of a Gilbert man who hasn’t been seen or heard from since the day after Memorial Day. “Taylor Johnson was last seen walking along Pond Branch Road about 7 p.m. on May 31,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “His father saw him there and […]

House of Raeford Farms will celebrate the grand opening of its new, state-of- the-art chicken hatchery on June 15. House of Raeford is West Columbia’s top employer and one of the largest job-providers in Lexington County. The new hatchery is in Monetta, and it will serve the House of Raeford plants in West Columbia and […]