The Museum Roadshow, one of the State Museum’s signature events, is back Saturday, January 27, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests will get special tours of museum storage areas and be the first to see the museum’s new exhibit, Requiem for Mother Emanuel, by SC artist, Dr. Leo Twiggs. Guests will also have the […]

S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis said Thursday the most important issue for the state in the just-begun legislative session is fixing the S.C. Electric and Gas and Santee-Cooper utility companies. S.C. Loftis, who lives in West Columbia, also said he is afraid that the State is having difficulty grappling with the complexity of a deal that would […]

The Lexington County Fire Service responded to a vehicle fire, Wednesday morning, in the drive thru at the Chick-fil-A in Lexington. The business was evacuated and the parking lot blocked off, according to a Lexington Police report.

Southern Visions Real Estate has announced the sale of 2.82 acres on Platt Springs Road in Lexington to Aldi, LLC. The location is near Highway 6 and Platt springs Road. Southern Visions represented the seller in the $1,755,000 sale.  Southern Visions is excited to be a part of this transaction bringing another retailer to the […]

Lexington County Council convened on Tuesday, for a scheduled Council meeting and held and election for the new Chairwoman and Vice Chairman of Council. Cayce’s Todd Cullum is the outgoing council chairman. Council elected Chairwoman Debra “Debbie” Summers, of Council District 4 – Springdale, parts of Lexington, parts of Oak Grove and parts of Cayce, […]

A Columbia father is charged with abusing his infant daughter after medical professionals said the baby suffered extensive injuries causing her to permanently lose function in the right half of her brain Robert Marvin Ray, 31, is charged with abuse to inflict great bodily injury upon a child, according to arrest warrants. “Ray originally told […]

Recent extreme cold weather in South Carolina has driven SCE&G natural gas customers to use record amounts of natural gas, much like the record usage the company saw with electric customers. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, SCE&G customers used 345,736 dekatherms of natural gas, breaking the utility’s previous record of 331,233 dekatherms. SCE&G employees worked in […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Tuesday that Ana Marin, 41, of Lexington entered a guilty plea to one count of embezzlement of public funds, value less than $10,000. Former assistant court clerk pleads guilty to embezzling public funds The Honorable Michael G. Nettles accepted the plea and sentenced Marin to five years’ imprisonment, provided […]