The United Methodist Men of Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church in West Columbia present the 46th Annual Barbeque. It consists of 3,900 pounds of pork, 700 chicken halves, 275 racks of ribs and 1,500 pounds of hash. There is a United Methodist Women’s Bake sale, too. The Barbeque features Pork-Chicken-Hash and Fixins. Carry out sales […]

Sen. Katrina  Shealy has requested that the S.C. Department of Transportation conduct a community meeting regarding the closure of Ramblin Road  located in the South Congaree area  and Wilton Road in the Springdale area –  of Lexington County – within Lexington School District 2. The details are as follows. Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6 p.m. […]

The City of Cayce’s 9th Annual Congaree Bluegrass Festival will feature  a larger show  on Saturday and Sunday.  The Congaree Bluegrass Festival begins at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Admission is only $10 for adults and children 12 and under free.  Sunday’s Gospel show will kick-off 1 p.m. and is free to all. Visit congareebluegrassfestival.org for more […]

The City of Cayce City Council will hold a special meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. at Cayce City Hall, 1800 12th Street. An agreement with the SC Attorney General’s office, and a law enforcement assistance agreement with the Town of Lexington is on the agenda. Condemnation action for several properties for water line easement will […]

The multi-million-dollar West Columbia development named “Brookland” will result in an explosion of growth, said Fred Delk. And Cayce is leading the area in development along the Congaree River, and in job creation. Delk is the executive director of the Columbia Development Corp. He spoke at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce September Breakfast, […]

Zan Norris won the City of Cayce Banner Contest Award. She was recognized at Cayce’s City Council meeting Thursday. Zan is pictured with Cayce Mayor Elise Partin and Rodney Thomas of the City of Cayce.

In an annual report released Wednesday afternoon, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said there were 1,691 deaths in the county in 2015. Of those, 1,492 were of natural causes. There were 126 accidental deaths in the county and eight were of an undetermined cause. There were 21 homicides and 44 suicides. More from this report […]

Lt. Eddie Powell of the Pine Ridge Police Department was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Month, Tuesday. He is pichured with PRPD Chief Billy Parker, right. The award was given at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast. Vaughan Dozier of First Community Bank- the sponsor of the award- presented Powell with the award. Parker […]