NEWS

Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Donnie Myers not running

Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Donnie Myers issued the following press release Wednesday morning: “My present term as 11th Circuit Solicitor will end January 2017.If elected to serve another four year term, a mandatory retirement law would prohibit me from serving beyond December 2017, only 11 months. Common sense dictates against seeking re-election for such a short […]

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Improvements to Cayce’s Guignard Park progressing

Guignard Park sits in a lush bed of nature, just off of heavily traveled Knox-Abbott Drive. In 2015, upgrades were planned for the popular park in Cayce. Those improvements are in the process of being made, now. The City of Cayce sought bids last year from landscape architectural and civil engineering firms for the “planning, […]

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Cayce City Council meets Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Cayce City Council will meet at 5 p.m. at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center, 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Tuesday. Council will discuss the proposed utility fund budget for fiscal year 2016-17. There will also be an executive session that includes discussion of legal matters, and the city manager’s employment contract.  

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BC Grammar No. 1 wins Palmetto’s Finest award!

BC Grammar School No. 1, an Elementary school in Lexington Two, was named a Palmetto’s Finest school. The highly prestigious award was announced Tuesday afternoon. A representative from the SC Palmetto’s Finest Committee was scheduled to be at Brookland-Cayce Grammar School No. 1 in West Columbia on Tuesday, when the SC Association of School Administrators (SCASA) […]

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BC Grammar Palmetto’s Finest win is “rare and prestigious”

“Palmetto’s Finest is a rare and prestigious award.” said Dr. Bill James, Lexington 2 superintendent. “Walter Clark is on a small list of principals of Palmetto’s Finest school winners.” Clark is the principal of BC Grammar No. 1. The elementary school was named Palmetto’s Finest, Tuesday afternoon. “ BC Grammar No. 1 has done an […]

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Couple dies in Lexington motorcycle accident, names released

Motorcycle Fatality in Lexington County results in two dead.   The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 6 and Meadowfield Drive in Lexington. Wayne E. Whitworth Jr., 43, of Columbia was operating a 2002 Harley Davidson, and his wife, Kristie Ann Mason, 40, of Columbia was a passenger on the motorcycle. Both were killed. The […]

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Bellune discusses advertising at CWC Chamber event

“Know who your ideal client is.” That was the message from Jerry Bellune during the Funshop meeting March 11, at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Jerry and his wife, MacLeod Bellune, own The Lexington County Chronicle. Bellune said he has succeed for more than 20 years as a newspaper owner by forging positive relationships […]

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First candidate declares to fill Bingham’s seat

Micah Caskey said he will run for S.C. House Seat 89, being vacated by Kenny Bingham. Caskey, a prosecutor in the 11th Judicial Circuit, announced his intention to run for the seat, Sunday evening. Caskey, 34, said in a press release datelined Springdale, he is a lifelong conservative Republican. He said he will file to […]

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