Tentative and fresh plans for the  new, two-story Lexington School District 2 elementary school on 12th Street Extension in Cayce were made public, Tuesday. Architect Todd Sease of Carter, Jumper, Sease, showed renderings at the Lexington 2 School Board meeting. “These are very early sketches. We’ll continue to develop it,” Sease said. The enrollment for the […]

The 11th Annual West Metro Rotary Club Chili Cook-Off is Saturday, Oct. 31. It’s at Glenforest School. Advance tickets are $15 for 20 tickets. Tickets can be used on chili tastings, food, and games. Link to: Glenforest Chili-cook-off-information

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has charged a 15-year-old girl with communicating a threat to detonate a destructive device at Airport High School. About 10:25 Monday morning, a threat found written on a restroom wall prompted the evacuation of students and staff. “Our deputies, along with officers from Cayce, Springdale and South Congaree, secured the […]

Change Your Clock on Nov. 1 and Change Your Smoke Detector Battery t his week.  The City of Cayce Fire Department and Energizer are teaming up to promote fire safety awareness and to encourage the public to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they change their clocks for daylight saving time. The partnership is part of […]

The official groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sept. 16, for the 36,000-sq-ft Goodwill facility on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. Since then, site work has been going on. The new building will be double the size of the existing the Goodwill store on Meeting Street. In addition to a retail store and a bulk sales outlet, Goodwill […]

America Elox , a fifth-grade student at Brookland-Cayce Grammar School No. 1 was chosen to receive the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s October Living Well Student Award. It was presented Tuesday morning at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce October Breakfast meeting by Renee Dooley of the Lexington Medical Center Foundation. America is 10-years old, […]

Cayce Public Safety Officers Dana Whetstone and Sgt. Paul Dufault were honored as First Community Bank’s Law Enforcement Officers of the Month, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday morning. Pictured with Whetstone and Dufault is Vaughn Dozier of First Community Bank, Chamber Board Chairman. DuFault was Law Enforcement Officer of the Month for April, […]

Zachary Lara was named Student of the of the Month at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday morning. He is a student at Brookland-Cayce Grammar School No. 1, in Lexington School District 2. Pictured with Zachary is B-C Grammar Principal Walter Clark.