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Brookland-Cayce Athletic Hall of Fame revitalized thanks to the effort of Bearcat Booster Club President Jill Libbey

Brookland-Cayce High School’s new Bearcat Arena opened on Knox-Abbott Drive in Cayce in January of 2019. When it opened the walls of the arena’s Hall of Fame Room were bare. The Hall of Fame plaques with the names and the faces that once graced the foyer of the old Brookland-Cayce […]

Greater Cayce-West Columbia Golf Tournament, part of Small Business Week, is a sell-out with Jeff Lawler Real Estate winning and Trinity Baptist Church second

The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Golf Tournament was played at Charwood County Club, Thursday. The tournament coincides with Small Business Week. It was a sell-out with 30 teams participating. All of the sponsorship slots were filled, too. The winning team was Jeff Lawler Real Estate and Trinity Baptist Church was […]

Social media users defend House of Raeford poultry operation on Sunset Boulevard after TV station’s negative headline

WIS-TV posted a video story on its Facebook page entitled: ‘Smelly eyesore’: What’s next for West Columbia’s Chicken plant. Link to WIS report The story was posted on Wednesday night at 10:24 p.m. and referred to “many of its neighbors” who object to the chicken plant, but those neighbors were […]

10 Lexington 2 Innovation Center seniors commit to jobs with local companies after graduation

There was a signing day of a different kind Wednesday in Lexington Two. Instead of high school athletes declaring their intent to play at the collegiate level, 10 Class of 2024 seniors at the Lexington Two Innovation Center committed to jobs with local companies after their graduation in May. They […]

New State Street businesses anticipating West Columbia’s Art on State, May 10 – Get All The Details

The City of West Columbia invites you to the 6th Annual Art on State from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10, in the first three blocks of State Street, West Columbia. Art on State features live music, food and drinks. Artists will be on hand to paint murals in […]

Lexington School District 2 Opens New Performing Arts Center – State-of-the-art facility to transform arts education

Lexington School District Two proudly announces the grand opening of its new 103,400-square-foot Performing Arts Center and district office, located at 3205 Platt Springs Road in West Columbia. The culmination of a decade-long vision, this state-of-the-art facility is now ready to welcome students, educators, and the community at large to […]

Fentanyl, crack, cocaine and handguns found in Lexington County motel room, 2 men arrested

A tip from the public led narcotics agents to a motel on Piney Grove Road Friday in their search for an accused drug dealer. “Investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team, along with narcotics investigators from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department arrested 38-year-old Vander Antonio Mingledolph as he […]

Jade Watford promotes Taylor Watford Foundation’s May 18, Run for Hope in WIS-TV interview – Here’s the link

Jade Watford was on WIS TV to promote the Taylor Watford Foundation’s May 18, Run for Hope. Click for a link to Jade Watford’s interview on WIS-TV Jade said after the interview: “I am so thankful for Greg Adaline and Hannah Burbank of WIS for having me on last night […]

Cayce Fire Department unveils Muffin, the state’s first registered Fire Department Therapy Horse

The Cayce Fire Department is launching their Midlands Gives campaign request by unveiling the state’s first registered Fire Department Therapy Horse, Muffin. Muffin, a 5-year-old mini horse, has gone through extensive training to be a registered therapy horse per Pet Partners’ equine standards for pet therapy. Muffin and her handler, Lindsay McDade, Cayce’s Community Risk […]

Savage Craft Ale Works of West Columbia wins a silver medal at this year’s World Beer Cup in Las Vegas

Savage Craft Ale Works of West Columbia won a silver medal at this year’s World Beer Cup. Known as “the Olympics of Beer,” the World Beer Cup, held last week in Las Vegas, is the largest and most prestigious beer competition in the world. Savage Craft took home the award […]