Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Lexington County, on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The event begins at 7 p.m. at Harmon Tree Farm – 3152 Augusta Road Gilbert. Doors open at 5:00 pm. Trump is a candidate to become the Republican Party nominee in November’s 2016 presidential election. Trump is the front runner – according to polls- […]

A person on a bicycle was killed Thursday morning after a car and a bicycle collided in Cayce, Sgt. Evan Antley, of Cayce Public Safety, confirmed the fatal accident occurred. The crashed happened in the southbound lanes of 12th Street Extension between SCANA Parkway and Saxe Gotha Road. Officers responded to the incident 6:48 a.m. according […]

IMPORTANT TRAFFIC UPDATE: A vehicle collision has taken place on the for the southbound lanes from SCANA Parkway to Saxe Gotha. Officers are diverting traffic around the Medical Park at Otarre Pointe. Please take extra precautions and find an alternate route if possible.

Estates Co. multi-million-dollar project, dubbed Brookland, can move forward. West Columbia City Council passed an ordinance, Wednesday, to rezone the four-plus acres at State and Meeting streets from Commercial 2, to a Planned Unit Development (PUD.) The vote was approved 7-1, with only Councilman Tem Miles opposing it. The plan is for a residential, commercial […]

The Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) Boys finished 4-0 at the I.A.A./McDonald’s MLK National Invitational Basketball Tournament held in the Virgin Islands. Gray’s Executive Director Todd Helms issued a press release Wednesday. GCA is a charter school in West Columbia. The War Eagles  won four games over three days including the championship game Monday morning against Ivanna Eudora […]

West Columbia Opens Another Section of Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater After Flooding The City of West Columbia  has opened a second section of the Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheater on Wednesday. West Columbia officials have opened the Riverside Drive parking area and the walkway from Riverside Drive to the […]

Last week, Walmart announced that it was closing 154 Walmart stores in the United States. But a company spokeswoman said the Walmart Neighborhood Grocery being built in Cayce would not be affected by the closing of the Walmart stores. List of Walmart store closings The Walmart in Winnsoboro was the only Supercenter Walmart store reported […]

According to the National Weather Service, it will be mostly cloudy Wednesday in the Cayce-West Columbia area. The high is expected to be 45 degrees with a low Wednesday night of 34. The chance of precipitation is 25 percent.