The Brookland-Cayce High School Music Department will hold the 2nd Annual Mattress Sale Fundraiser. It’s from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the BCHS Cafeteria. Save up to 50% off retail prices. 

The ribbon cut on Ricky’s Tire and Auto Center at 1534 Sunset Blvd., Thursday morning. It’s in West Columbia.  US Rep, Joe Wilson was on hand with owner Ricky Branham for the ceremony. Also on hand were members of the Branham Family, Ricky’s Tire and Auto staff, Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber President and CEO Gregg […]

Anna Wilbourne, Pine Ridge Middle, SWU Student Teacher-of-the-Year Anna Wilbourne has received the Student-Teacher-of-the-Year Award from Southern Wesleyan University (SWU.) Wilbourne is a student teacher and a long-term substitute at Pine Ridge Middle School, in the Lexington 2 School District. The award was presented to Wilbourne, on April 25, by Susan Finley, SWU Assistant Professor […]

Cayce has money to fix flood damage to its Riverwalk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has released $1.4 million to the City of Cayce. Cayce City Manager Rebecca Vance announced the funding at Cayce City Council’s meeting, Tuesday. Landplan Group South was selected as the company to work on the Riverwalk repair. It […]

West Columbia will have two more units to pump chlorine at its water plant. West Columbia City Council approved a lease, at Tuesday’s council meeting, for mixed oxidant solution equipment. It will treat water the city provides for its water approximately 40,000 customers in Lexington County. The lease is with MIOX Corporation for 12 months […]

Springdale’s first Food Truck Friday was in April. It was such a success, Springdale is doing it again. Springdale next Food Truck Friday is Friday, May 6, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Food trucks scheduled to attend include: Scott Benny’s, Carol and Lorraine’s Grill on Wheels, Size Matters BBQ, Brain Freeze Italian Ice, The Wurst Wagon, […]

Lexington 2 School District was well-represented at the SC Philharmonic Youth Orchestra’s last concert of the season, Sunday. Students from Brookland-Cayce and Airport High Schools participated in the concert. It was held at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia. Students from public, private and home schools from across the state audition to become […]

Two suspects arrested, charged with murder in Gaston shooting death  A man and a woman have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting last week on Meadowfield Road in Gaston.  Fareen Rasheed Makeen and Teresa Farris Epley were present and involved with the shooting death of Ryan Williams last Friday at approximately […]