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Tacos Nayarit Mexican Restaurant is open on Knox Abbott Drive in Cayce – Grand Opening is Saturday

Tacos Nayarit is open at 1100 Knox Abbott Drive in Cayce. The Mexican restaurant is “training new hires with the soft opening but will have a celebratory grand opening on Saturday (April 26.) according to a City of Cayce Post. The City of Cayce will post a video later this […]

West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day is This Saturday – Everything You Need to Know, Including Parking and Road Closures

The City of West Columbia’s award-winning Kinetic Derby Day featuring iMAGINE is this Saturday, April 26, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on State and Meeting Streets, in West Columbia, South Carolina. The event is FREE to attend! Below is everything an attendee needs to know to enjoy an action-packed […]

Cayce City Manager Jim Crosland talks about community partnerships and progress at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast at Steel Hands Brewery

Cayce City Manager, Jim Crosland, was the featured speaker at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast on Tuesday. The meeting was held at Steel Hands Brewery in Cayce. He mentioned that there are 663 businesses operating in Cayce and that by June, there will be 2100 employees working in […]

Lexington man who died in vehicle crash is identified by the Lexington County Coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died in a single- vehicle accident in the 1300 block of Nazareth Road in the Lexington area of Lexington County, Monday. According to Fisher, Mr. Christopher Areheart, 70, of Lexington was traveling northbound on Nazareth Road when he traveled off […]

West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day is this Saturday, April 26 – Get the Details

West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day is this Saturday, April 26. West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles has invited everyone to the big event. “Plan to come out for Kinetic Derby Day,” Miles said at the April City Council meeting. “It’s a great and fun-filled day. Come out and participate or just […]

Steel Hands Brewery offers fundraising opportunity to honor the life of fallen Cayce Police Officer Drew Barr, beginning Tuesday

Please join Cayce Police officers and the Cayce community taking part in a week of special fundraising opportunities to honor the life, bravery and dedication of Cayce Police Officer, Drew Barr. A special thank you to Steel Hands Brewing for hosting annual fundraising efforts for a cause so important to […]

Name of student who died in Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash has been released

Jose Maria Gonzalez-Linares, 13, has been identified as the eighth-grade student who was killed in the Pine Ridge Middle School bus crash on I-77 Thursday. Link to announcement It was first announced earlier that the name of the fatality victim would be withheld. The Chester County Coroner’s Office released the identity […]

12 buildings of Briargate Condos heavily damaged by fire, Irmo Fire assists Columbia Fire Department

Irmo Fire units responded to a two alarm apartment fire with Columbia Fire Department Saturday afternoon. The fire was in an apartment complex on Old Manor Road, visible from Interstate 20.Columbia Fire Department reported a multi-alarm fire at Briargate Condos. Three people were taken to the hospital after fire ripped […]