NEWS

Primal Gourmet announces its “temporary closure” due to “perfect storm of bad circumstances”

Via social media, Primal Gourmet, 725 Meeting St., West Columbia, announced it’s closing, Tuesday. The message was posted on Facebook. A copy of the message is posted below: It is with a heavy heart that we are formally announcing a temporary closure of Primal Gourmet. We have been hit with a perfect storm of bad […]

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1 killed in Lexington County crash

One person was killed and another was injured in an early-morning Tuesday crash in Lexington County. The single-vehicle collision occurred at about 3:40 a.m. on S.C. 113 (Wagener Highway near Leesville) close to the intersection with U.S. 17 (Fairview Road) according to Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway patrol. A Ford Ranger pickup […]

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School bus engine catches on fire, students evacuated, in Lexington County

Lexington County is reporting that students were safely evacuated from their school bus after the engine compartment of the bus caught fire Monday. Lexington County Fire Service responded to the fire call at approximately 7:15 a.m. on the 400 block of Wayne Street in Gaston.

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Lexington 2 Teacher Recruitment Fair at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Innovation Center in Cayce

Lexington Two School District is recruiting new teachers. The Lexington Two is in-person Teacher Recruitment Fair is Tuesday, from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Lexington Two Innovation Center (509 Bulldong Blvd.) just off of 12th. Street Extension in Cayce. At the recruitment fair, candidates for teaching jobs will have the opportunity to meet and talk […]

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Cucinella’s pizzeria and Italian ice and restaurant is open on Sunset Boulevard

Cucinella’s Slices and Ices is now open in the Westland Square (Food Lion) shopping center 2250-M Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. It’s a pizzeria and Italian ice restaurant. It opens daily at 4 p.m. now and plans are to be open for lunch in the future. Beer and wine are not available, but plans are […]

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Brookland-Cayce 1970 class attends Brookland Baptist to see classmate, Dr. Charles Jackson

Members of Brookland-Cayce High School Class of 1970 had their Class Reunion in October. At that meeting, the class vowed to attend a church service at Brookland Baptist Church, where their classmate, Dr. Charles Jackson is the senior pastor. Sunday, more than 50 graduates from the BCHS Class of 1970 came to the Brookland Baptist […]

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Gray Collegiate breaks ground on new athletic complex, classrooms

There will be a new place to play at Gray Collegiate Academy. Gray hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for $17 million in new additions to its West Columbia campus on Friday. The school will soon begin construction on a new 30,000 sq-ft. gym; a new athletic complex including football and baseball fields; and a 9,000 sq-ft. […]

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After years of false alarms, Lexington County getting significant snowfall

The rain turned into snow in Lexington County, Friday night.The snow flakes are coming down and covering the ground with a perfect white blanket.The forecastors told us it would come, but it was hard to believe because we’d had so many false alarms before. Now that it’s here, let’s hope it causes minimal inconvenience. And […]

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