Cayce Elementary students had a special surprise Friday for police officers and firefighters. Students with the school’s Service Club hand-colored about 100 bags and stuffed them with goodies as part of National Thank A Police Officer Day, which is Saturday, Sept. 21. Roughly 20 members of the Cayce Department of Public Safety turned out to […]

A man has been charged with felony Boating Under the Influence after a 68-year-old man was killed on Lake Murray, Saturday night. Two others were also injured and were taken to the hospital as a result of the collision. Tracy Gordon, 53, is charged with three counts of felony BUI after the boat he was driving […]

It will not be long before West Columbia’s new Enabling Park, for people of all abilities, will be complete. The park is on Hudson Street, adjacent to the West Columbia Riverwalk. “The parking lot has been paved and striped,” said West Columbia City Councilman and Mayor Pro-Tem, Tem Miles. “The playground equipment has been set […]

The City of West Columbia’s Meeting Street Artisan Market is open every Saturday, from 9 AM – 1 PM, through November 23, under the pavilion, at 425 Meeting Street, West Columbia, in the Interactive Art Park. The market includes vendors selling original art, crafts, foods, and produce. The City of West Columbia invites the public […]

The River District Association held its Monthly Breakfast Meeting Wednesday, at the Blue Moon Ballroom, 554 Meeting Street, West Columbia. Makaela Randolph, a business consultant for the State Farm Insurance Co. was the guest and spoke about protecting a business from natural disasters, like hurricanes. The River District Association will feature a guest speaker each […]

The S.C, Department of Transportation Commission  re-named the portion of Road S-378 in Lexington County between Platt Springs Road (SC 602) and Airport Boulevard (SC 302) as the “Columbia Airport Expressway” It was named the “John Hardee Expressway.” In August, Hardee, 72, was booked into Richland County’s Alvin S Glenn Detention Center on a charge […]

A release below from Mary Beth Hill- Lexington One Communications Director. The Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, Tuesday, accepted the administration’s recommendation to give final approval to purchase property for $1,594,575.00 ($47,500 per acre) for the purpose of relocating Lexington Middle School. The negotiated price is on the low end of the […]

By Dawn Kujawa- Lexington Two Communications Director No one was surprised when Jennifer Eskridge became a teacher. After all, her mother, grandmother, several aunts and an uncle were all educators. But Eskridge got a surprise of her own Tuesday, when Lexington Two Superintendent Dr. William B. James Jr., Principal David Basile and other administrators stopped […]