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Cayce Cool Down is this Saturday, July 26

The Cayce Cool Down is this Saturday, July 26 from 11 AM to 1 PM! It’s at Granby Gardens Park, 1800 12th Street. Click here for more infoCool off this summer with free family fun! Come enjoy waterslides, inflatables, water balloons, water soakers and snow cones! New for 2025: Foam […]

Wednesday, July 30, declared European Business Day in the City of West Columbia

West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles and and West Columbia City Council declared Wednesday, July 30, 2025, as European Business Day in the City of West Columbia. WeCo celebrates the achievements and contributions of European-American business owners and community leaders. Pictured: Mota Crosslinking Business Academy – Academia de Negocios representatives Ulises […]

New Cook Out is open in West Columbia, at 1413 Charleston Highway

The Cook Out at 1413 Charleston Highway is open. There were several cars in the parking lot Monday evening. A Facebook post indicates the Cook Out will hold a Grand Opening at 1030 a.m. Tuesday. It is built on the site where Hardee’s restaurant had been. It closed more than […]

Lexington County narcotics agents arrest North Carolina man on fentanyl trafficking charges

Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested a North Carolina man accused of trafficking fentanyl. Brandon Ulysses Pinkard, 41, faces three fentanyl trafficking charges stemming from three controlled purchases earlier this year, according to arrest warrants. “On two separate occasions in April, investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team […]

Cayce Riverwalk Naples Avenue entry closed for storm water culvert construction, alternate Riverwalk access available

Important Update: Temporary Closure of Naples Avenue Entry to the Cayce Riverwalk Beginning July 21, the N Ave entry will be temporarily closed to allow for the construction of a new storm water culvert as part of the Cayce Avenues Drainage Project. As the City of Cayce is committed to […]

156 pounds of Fentanyl seized in Lexington County in DOJ’s effort against illegal drugs and drug overdose deaths

US Attorney General Pamela Bondi, on Wednesday, said the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been working since the first of the year to get illegal drugs off the streets and protect innocent Americans from addiction, overdose, and drug-related crime and violence. Part of that effort resulted in the confiscation […]

Obituary for Pat Smith, former mayor of Springdale

The Honorable Pat Gaulden Smith, born May 1951 in Cairo, GA to Pat and Rubye Smith, was second oldest of five children. With sad hearts, his family announces that on Tuesday, July 15, 2025 — following months of daunting spinal cord injury rehab and sheer determination — Pat G. Smith […]

Cause of Interstate debris fire at I-20 and I-26 under investigation, after crews respond

Crews from Irmo Fire, Lexington County Fire, SC Fire Service, Columbia Fire Department and a dozer from the SC Forestry Commission were on the scene of a large vegetation fire at I-20 and I-26 (Malfunction Junction, Friday evening. A large log piles caught on fire, sending a large plume of […]

Mota Enterprises hosts 5th Annual SC European Business Day Ceremony, July 25 – C-WC Chamber CEO Tim James: Community Advocate of the Year

Mota Enterprises to Host 5th Annual South Carolina European Business Day Proclamation Ceremony Celebrating Multicultural Impact, Economic Contributions, and Community Leadership. The South Carolina European Business Day founded and hosted by Mota Crosslinking Business Academy, is a milestone that celebrates the strong economic and cultural ties between our state of […]

Steel Hands Brewing is thriving in Cayce, It’s in the Business Spotlight

To say Steel Hands Brewing in Cayce has been a huge success is a huge understatement. The 100,000-sq-ft facility opened in December of 2018 on a 4-acre site at 2350 Foreman Street. It sits across from CMC Steel, which helped inspire the Steel Hands name. Since opening, Steel Hands has flourished and […]