Lexington Interfaith Community Services (LICS)  announces that for every dollar raised for LICS on May 3, through Midlands Gives, House of Raeford Farms is donating one pound of chicken to stock the LICS mobile food pantry. The mobile food pantry visits throughout Lexington County.  Stay tuned for details on how you can give – during Midlands Gives- […]

Nephron Pharmaceuticals will need employees in the future. With that knowledge, Nephron CEO and President Lou Kennedy – and staff- guided 75 Brookland-Cayce High School freshmen on a tour of the 408-000-sq.-ft. facility last Thursday. On Friday 75 Brookland-Cayce High School sophomores toured Nephron. The students were brought to the drug manufacturer by the West […]

Former Lexington County Sheriff James Metts has completed his sentence in at a minimum security federal prison in Butner, N.C. Metts was sentenced more than a year ago on charges of harboring an illegal immigrant. He began serving his time on June 18. He pleaded guilty to the charge and federal prosecutors asked that Metts […]

West Columbia City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday (April 18) at City Hall., 200 N. 12th Street Items on the agenda include: a “Presentation Regarding Updates to the Riverwalk and Amphitheater Park Rules and Policies; Consideration of the Planning Commission’s Recommendation to Deny a Request to Rezone 840 Williams […]

Bandit Sentenced to 20 Years for Armed Robbery and Jewelry Heist James Bubba Patterson, 53, has been convicted for an armed robbery which occurred in daylight at the K & M Jewelry Store located at 507 Meeting Street in West Columbia. His jury trial began on Monday (April 11) in Lexington County and the jury […]

A 20 year old Lexington man received a 40 year sentence for first degree Burglary and Armed Robbery stemming from a home invasion that occurred on Valentine’s Day of 2015. Jonathan Christian Hughes and two other co defendants, armed with firearms, kicked in the front door of a home on Doe Trail at 1 a.m. […]

The Town of Springdale has rescheduled its Food Truck Friday for Friday (April 15) from 4-8 p.m. at 2909 Platt Springs Road in Springdale. Food trucks in Sprindale wil be: Scott Benny’s, the BBQ Bus, KC Hotdogs, Carolina Cookin’, and Carol and Lorraine’s Grill on Wheels. “They’ll be serving up a number of their best […]

Airport Junior Carlee Vella will throw out the first pitch at the Columbia Fireflies game Friday evening (April 15.) Carlee won an essay contest through The Arc of the Midlands. As a part of the recognition for winning the essay contest, she was selected to throw out the first pitch at the game. Carlee was […]