Emily Shafer, who attends Pine Ridge Middle School, was selected as the Lexington School District 2 Student of the Month during the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. Pine Ridge Principal Brad Coleman presented Emily with the award.

T.J. Nelson (middle) receives LMC Foundation Living Well award from Butch Wallace of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s office. Renee Dooley, LMC Foundation, right. Tracy (T.J.) Nelson, a student at Pine Ridge Middle School was named as Lexington Medical Center Foundations’s Living Well Health Student at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday morning. The breakfast […]

The Town of Chapin has hired Seth Zeigler to lead its Police Department, beginning Feb 8.  Zeigler, a Chapin native, most recently served as Captain of the Patrol Division for the West Columbia Police Department. “Seth Zeigler has risen through the ranks of the West Columbia Police Department over the past 17 years, holding numerous positions […]

Danny Scott was recognized by Cayce-West Columbia Chamber President and CEO Gregg Pinner. Scott has organized the Chamber’s Annual Golf Tournament for more than 15 years. He is retiring from that position. Scott was given the award at the C-WC Chamber Breakfast at Lexington Medical Center, Tuesday. Chamber Board President Vaughan Dozier is also in […]

PFC Evan McWilliams, of the Springdale Police Department, was recognized at the Law Enforcement Officer of the Month  at the Cayce-West Columbia Breakfast. The breakfast was held at the Lexington Medical Center, Tuesday. Springdale Police Chief Kevin Cornett, left, and Chamber Board President Vaughan Dozier are pictured with McWilliams.

The West Columbia Fire Department responded to a report of a jumper from the Jarvis Klapman Bridge around 6 p.m. Monday. Emergency crews from West Columbia and Columbia performed a rescue effort, but no one was found. The search was called off after 7 p.m. Officials will continue to investigate to determine if there was an […]

A pair of suspects in the armed robbery of a Lexington County business are also wanted for attempting to fraudulently use checks reported as stolen from the same business. According to Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives, two Hispanic males robbed the La Gaviota Grocery on Augusta Highway on Jan. 10. The suspects took some cash and […]

National School Choice Week is this week. To commemorate the occasion, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson was in West Columbia to tour East Point Academy (EPA.) “Speaking Chinese will open so many doors for you,” Wilson told students at the school that focuses on the teaching of the Chinese language Thursday. There is an EPA campus […]