PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Airport High School’s First Graduating Classes Holding  Annual Class Reunion Airport High School’s Classes of 1964 and 1965 will hold their Annual Class Reunion on May 21, , at the American Legion on American Legion Drive in Lexington. Social hour from 5:30 – 6:30.  Dinner, catered by Hudson’s, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Anyone interested in attending or for […]

A Columbia firefighter was injured battling an early-morning fire in West Columbia, Monday. The injury is said to be not life-threatening. The fire was at Edgewater on the Saluda, a condominium complex on Edgewater Lane in West Columbia. The complex is off of Comanche Trail, near the Saluda River. It  is not in the City […]

The Airport Eagles defeated Hartsville, 7-3 Friday night to win the District VI State Baseball Championship. Josh Tucker and Zac Feaster had RBIs in the critical game two of the playoff showdown. Airport will host St. James Monday. Hartsville won game one, but had to beat the Eagles twice to take the District Crown. Hartsville […]

  The North Myrtle Beach Department of Public Safety is investigating a shooting death that happened early Saturday morning. Darris Fowler, deputy coroner of the Horry County Coroner’s Office, said Ryan Burt, 26, died at  Grand Strand Medical Center emergency room at 1:05 a.m. Saturday. Fowler said the victim died from a gunshot wound. According to several […]

News Release West Columbia Beautification Foundation Seeks Nominations for Quarterly Appearance Award The West Columbia Beautification Foundation is holding a contest for local businesses who wish to compete for the Quarterly Appearance Award. Nominations, this quarter, should be businesses along Highway 378/Sunset Boulevard from the Gervais Street Bridge to the I-26 interchange that are positively […]

Lexington County narcotics agents arrested six people Wednesday after executing a search warrant in the 200 block of Meadowfield Road in Gaston.  “Our narcotics unit responded to a community complaint about apparent drug-related activity at a house on Meadowfield,” Sheriff Jay Koon said. “While on scene, investigators discovered a wide variety of drugs and took […]

This Saturday,May 7th: ELLIOTT AND THE UNTOUCHABLES   Rhythm on the River w/ Elliott and the Untouchables, 6 p.m., Saturday. West Columbia Amphitheater. Sponsored by: MID CAROLINA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC.        Food Truck: THE WURST WAGEN Based in Columbia, SC, Elliott and the Untouchables are one of the most popular blues bands in the […]