NEWS
The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce recognized West Columbia Police Officer Chuck Sharpe as the first recipient of the “Setting the Barr” award in honor of the memory of fallen Cayce Police Officer Drew Barr. Barr was killed in the line of duty in April. The designation is sponsored by Dominion Energy and will […]
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One person has died after a crash on Old Dunbar Road, near Creekside Road. The collision occurred around 8:15 a.m., Tuesday, according to Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2009 Honda, four-door, was turning left from Creekside Road, onto Old Dunbar Road, when it was struck by a 2001 Ford Fusion […]
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Ellen Weaver, chairwoman of the SC Education Oversight Committee and CEO of Palmetto Promise Institute, won the Republican Party nomination for SC education superintendent, in a runoff election Tuesday. Weaver defeated Town of Lexington Councilwoman Kathy Maness. She is the executive director of the the Palmetto State Teachers Association. Maness’ office is on State Street […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia Rookie Dixie Youth Baseball Team defeated South Spartanburg Tuesday. With the win the C-WC Rookie Ball Team is the 2022 District 4 State Champions. The game began at 10 a.m. and was played at the State Tournament in Orangeburg.
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The widening and improvement project of an 11-mile portion of I-20, southwest of Lexington, in Lexington County has been completed, according to a release from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The interstate was expanded from four to six lanes from marker 60.6 west of US 378 (Sunset Blvd.) to mile marker 49.8 west of […]
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The South Carolina Primary Runoff elections are today (Tuesday, June 28.). Polls ae open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Run-off includes: Superintendent of Education (R) Kathy Maness Ellen Weaver Lexington County State House District 40 (R) Tammy Johns Joe White U.S. Senate (D) Catherine Fleming Bruce Krystle Matthews
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The final touches are being put on the Olde Country Buffet in Westland Square, 2250 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. The restaurant is scheduled to open soon. The owners said there have been some setbacks in the last couple of months that have delayed the opening. There was a death in the family and illness […]
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a vehicle versus tractor-trailer accident in the 1800 block of Old Dunbar Road in West Columbia shortly before 7 a.m. on Sunday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Debra Lee Kittrell, 67, of West Columbia was the passenger in a sedan traveling eastbound on Old […]
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