Wayne M. Grooms, 71, of West Columbia, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake, Sunday afternoon. Grooms was a commissioner with the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District. A report about his death was posted on his Facebook account, Monday. Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock said Grooms  was visiting Santee National Wildlife Refuge with family […]

The Lexington 2 School Board of Trustees will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (June 16) at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia. The proposed Agenda includes Second Reading of the 2016/17 Proposed General Fund Budget; consideration of the IKA-R, Grading System; Recommendation to […]

Donate ’til June 15.  A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size 11. Also being collected are […]

Release from Rhonda Robinson- 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office ALABAMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON After a four day trial, a Lexington County jury returned guilty verdicts in a murder case. Justin Antonio Butler, AKA Jona McCoy, 24, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., was convicted for the murder of Tycus […]

The City of West Columbia held the second of two public information meetings regarding a 2% Hospitality Tax, Monday. Brian Carter, City Administrator, said many requests have been made to council for special projects, and a Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) – on prepared foods- could fund some of those requests, if passed. The Cayce West Columbia […]

Dee Alessandro, fishing with West Columbia City Councilman Trevor Bedell, hauled in this big ‘un on Saturday. The stiper were biting en masse, according Bedell. Catch and release requirements are in effect- and that’s what the fisherman did after landing this big fish. Alessandro said he loves to come up from his home in Charleston […]

The Rhythm on the River held its last concert of the spring series, Saturday. The concerts are a product of The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and its sponsors. The Mustache Brothers took the stage at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheatre after  The Prairie Willows opened. The next series begins in the fall. Stay in […]

Nephron Pharmaceuticals has been approved to produce a new drug. “This is big news and it’s very good news,” said Lou Kennedy, Saturday, She is president and CEO of Nephron. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has given Nephron permission to manufacture Budesonide. It’s a generic steroid administered to asthma and emphysema patients. Kennedy said Nephron […]