The West Columbia Police Department is conducting a Ladies Self Defense discussion and Taser demonstration on Nov. 1,  from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the West Columbia Police Department. Contact Lt. John Norman at 803-936-6280 to reserve a seat.

Matrix Coaching, and Suzanne Riley-Whyte, are offering classes to help deal with STRESS. The next classes is Tuesday, Nov. 9, from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. at 1303 Sunset Blvd. Contact: [email protected]  

Both Airport and Brookland-Cayce have home games Friday evening. The games start at 7:30 p.m. Airport will be at home to play Chapin. BC hosts Strom Thurmond. Airport is 2-1 in 4A Region 4. Chapin is 3-0 in the Region. Overall, Airport has a 3-5 record. Chapin is 6-2 Brookland-Cayce is 2-0 in 3A Region 5 […]

The Eighth-Grade Performing Arts Company (PAC) of Busbee Creative Arts Academy performed the musical play Annie Jr. Friday morning at the school. The audience was 600 fifth-graders from several Lexington 2  elementary schools. Dr. Dixon Brooks, Busbee’s principal, said the arts company  rendered a “fantastic” performance of Annie Jr. Thursday night for the public. The elementary […]

It’s a scary site that is fitting for Halloween. A “Zombie Outbreak.” is at  1705 Redbird Lane in West Columbia. Zombie Outbreak is more than 50 wood figures- that look like scary zombies. They are fashioned after the characters on “The Walking Dead, said Jeff Matthews. He is the artist who cut out and sketched […]

The Midlands favorite night-time parade is coming! The Cayce-West Columbia Holiday Parade of Lights will be held on Saturday, December 10th. The parade will start on the corner of 12th & Meeting Street in West Columbia and proceeds down 12th Street into Cayce and ends at the City of Cayce’s Municipal Complex. The Cayce-West Columbia […]

Lexington Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges * Additional Victims May Exist *  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced the arrest of Donald Morris Price, 45, of Leesville on multiple charges connected to sexual exploitation of a minor and criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, a member of […]

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 […]