The Airport Eagles defeated Hartsville, 7-3 Friday night to win the District VI State Baseball Championship. Josh Tucker and Zac Feaster had RBIs in the critical game two of the playoff showdown. Airport will host St. James Monday. Hartsville won game one, but had to beat the Eagles twice to take the District Crown. Hartsville […]

This Saturday,May 7th: ELLIOTT AND THE UNTOUCHABLES   Rhythm on the River w/ Elliott and the Untouchables, 6 p.m., Saturday. West Columbia Amphitheater. Sponsored by: MID CAROLINA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.        Food Truck: THE WURST WAGEN Based in Columbia, SC, Elliott and the Untouchables are one of the most popular blues bands in the […]

Lexington County narcotics agents arrested six people Wednesday after executing a search warrant in the 200 block of Meadowfield Road in Gaston.  “Our narcotics unit responded to a community complaint about apparent drug-related activity at a house on Meadowfield,” Sheriff Jay Koon said. “While on scene, investigators discovered a wide variety of drugs and took […]

News Release West Columbia Beautification Foundation Seeks Nominations for Quarterly Appearance Award The West Columbia Beautification Foundation is holding a contest for local businesses who wish to compete for the Quarterly Appearance Award. Nominations, this quarter, should be businesses along Highway 378/Sunset Boulevard from the Gervais Street Bridge to the I-26 interchange that are positively […]

24 graduate from Lexington County Sheriff’s Department’s Citizens Academy  The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department concluded its 40th Citizens Academy on May 3 with the recognition of 24 graduates.  The Citizens Academy provides participants with a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement with sessions on patrol operations, narcotics enforcement, detention center operations, crime scene investigation and K9 […]

The Walmart Neighborhood Grocery in Cayce has four walls. While there is still lots left to do, the store and the gas station at Knox-Abbott Drive and Charleston Highway have been built. The announced date for a possible opening is late June. In addition to the grocery store, there are other units in the strip. […]

How much longer before it’s open? After a steady building schedule, the structures that will house Starbucks and Salsarita’s Mexican Restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, have been built in West Columbia. There is still site work needed at the two side-by-side businesses, near I-26. The building is across from Denny’s and Waffle House. It may not be […]

Anna Wilbourne, Pine Ridge Middle, SWU Student Teacher-of-the-Year Anna Wilbourne has received the Student-Teacher-of-the-Year Award from Southern Wesleyan University (SWU.) Wilbourne is a student teacher and a long-term substitute at Pine Ridge Middle School, in the Lexington 2 School District. The award was presented to Wilbourne, on April 25, by Susan Finley, SWU Assistant Professor […]