A state ethics panel said any appearance of impropriety between an attorney hired by the state and SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis was “inadvertent and unintentional.” The panel did charge Loftis $500 for administrative fees, but Loftis said he will appeal that action by the commission. Loftis also said the ruling was “subjective and unprecedented.” Quote […]

The Brookland-Cayce High School varsity football game vs. Gilbert will be played at 7 p.m. instead of 7:30 pm on Friday, Nov. 4. The game will be played at the the football stadium on the campus of Brookland-Cayce High School, in Cayce.

The Eighth-Grade Performing Arts Company (PAC) of Busbee Creative Arts Academy will present Annie Jr. at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the school. “The Performing Arts Company has worked hard to make this one of our best performances yet,” said Dr. Dixon Brooks, Busbee’s principal. Brooks said the school is offering the opportunity to purchase tickets […]

Tionah Sprinkle, second from left, of Sandhills Middle School was named Student-of-the-Month Tuesday at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. Wendy Lux, of Sandhills Middle, was named Teacher-of-the-Month. They are pictured with Lexington School District 4’s Human Resources and Community Relations Director Lisa Ingram, left, and Sandhills Principal Patty Carter. right.  The breakfast […]

Cayce Public Safety Officer Frank Ballentine, middle, was named Officer-of-the-Month at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. Cayce Department of Public Safety Chief Byron Snellgrove, right, said Ballentine is a hard worker who helps in the training of younger personnel. Ballentine works as a patrolman and  a firefighter in Cayce’s combined department. […]

The County of Lexington Department of Solid Waste announces a temporary closure of the Sandhills   Collection and Recycling Center, located at 3241 Charleston Highway, as construction at the site reaches its final stages. Improvements include the addition of capacity to process solid waste and the construction of a new entrance to the facility located […]

The Lexington School District 2 Board heard a plan, last Thursday, that outlined a major renovation for Saluda River Academy for the Arts (SRAA.) The school was at one time slated to be absorbed into a mega-elementary school, but that plan has faded because the new elementary school would be too big, and there has […]

The City of West Columbia invites you to the Fall Back Festival on the 100 Block of State Street on Friday, November 4, 2016, from 5 PM – 8 PM. The event will feature live music from Stillhouse, food from the Wurst Wagon and other local businesses. There will be live street mural paintings by […]