Two males have been charged in separate and unrelated incidents with making threats to students at their respective schools. One of the males attends Carolina Springs Middle School. The 13-year-old made a statement Sept. 30 to another student he was going to “shoot up the school then shoot himself,” according to an incident report. The other male, […]

A tradition that is nearly half-a-century old will continue Saturday. The United Methodist Men of Mt. Hebron United Methodist Church will hold its 49th Annual Bar-B-Que. The United Methodist Women will conduct a bake sale, too. Pork, chicken and ribs are all included, said ID Hook, who has overseen the Bar-B-Que for years. Carry-out orders […]

The Starbucks in Cayce is now open. The coffee store is on the property that was once the site of Kershaw Tire. It’s between Taco Bell and Captain D’s Seafood at 727 Knox-Abbott Drive. It’s the first Starbucks location in Cayce.

S.C. Biz News recognized Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation as one of South Carolina’s top three fastest-growing businesses during a celebration last Thursday in Columbia. Nephron is outside of Cayce -in Lexington County’s Saxe Goth Industrial Park- and it has a West Columbia address. “South Carolina is open for business,” said Nephron CEO Lou Kennedy. “Thanks to […]

The K-Mart store at 1500 Charleston Highway in West Columbia is closing by the end of the year. The Lexington K-Mart at 748 West Main St. is closing, too. K-Mart is closing several stores around the country. There is a digital billboard sign where US 1 and Klapman Boulevard come together in West Columbia. It […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the motorcyclist who died as a result of a collision on the Interstate 20 Westbound near exit 63 shortly before 10 p.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Jeffrey Jay Wurtz, 44, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained. Mr. Wurtz, who was not […]

The City of West Columbia unveiled a 27-foot-long and 9.5 feet in diameter bottle sculpture on Friday, September 27, 2019, at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater. The artist, Karl L. Larsen, locally sourced the almost 12,000 bottles used for the project in less than a month from citizens who brought their bottles to city hall, […]

The new parks in West Columbia are sparking activity in the business community. “You can see it coming,” said Mark Plessinger, owner of Frame of Mind at 140 State Street. “You can feel it coming.” Plessinger said the new mural off of State Street in the alleyway leading to the Interactive Art Park and Artisan […]