The progress of new projects in West Columbia’s River District is attracting interest from investors and it will lead to more development. “We are meeting with restaurateurs who are interested in coming to West Columbia and we expect several new residential projects to materialize,” said West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles. What is fueling the interest? The Carraway […]

From the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department – Lexington County deputies have arrested and charged seven people accused of robbing and assaulting two men on Sunset Boulevard. Elijah Karos Clark (top row left), 19, De’Aci Marquette Corley, 18, Lane Rathburn Hein, 20, Jonathan Michael Kidd (bottom row left), 20, Mason Wilbur Mims, 20, Mason Caldwell Murphy, […]

From the LMC Blog – At the request of Senator Katrina Shealy, Lexington Medical Center and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control are working together to provide free COVID-19 testing at White Knoll High School in Lexington County on Tuesday, June 2 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The free testing is […]

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin spoke live at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast Tuesday. The meeting was held at the Corley Mill House on Corley Mill Road in Lexington. It was the first post-COVID-19 Chamber Breakfast. Benjamin, who joked about the many themes of protective masks he carries, said there was an option to tele-communicate […]

Shelley Breedlove has been named Northside Middle School’s Teacher of the Year. Mark Thompson has been named Northside Middle School’s Staff Member of the Year-

Congaree Elementary 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year is Hannah Morrison. The school’s support Staff of the Year is Nurse Ginny Shull.

Two men and a woman are charged with impersonating law enforcement officers after Lexington County deputies said the suspects claimed to be cops and talked their way into a Pelion home last month. Chad David Andrews, 31, Emily Kristin Moore, 24, and Kenneth Ray Wooten, 43, are also charged with first-degree burglary, according to arrest […]

From Mary Beth Hill- Lexington 1 Communications – Lexington County School District One will reschedule the Pelion, Gilbert and White Knoll high school graduations from this week to next week. With the rain last week and the rain predicted this week, the scheduled graduations would struggle with rainy and wet conditions all week. If any […]