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Watch F-16s takeoff at Columbia Metropolitan Airport due to partnership with McEntire Air National Guard Base

The South Carolina Air National Guard has announced a temporary relocation operation of F-16s from McEntire Joint National Guard Base to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport. The temporary operation, set to begin in April and last for six months, comes as McEntire will soon begin resurfacing its current F-16 runway. “Thank […]

Bull Bash is Friday and Saturday at the South Congaree Arena – Site of Tuesday’s Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast

South Congaree Mayor Cindy Campbell invited everyone to the Bull Bash in South Congaree this Friday and Saturday (March 25-26.) “We’ll have thousands of visitors for the Bull Bash,” Campbell said at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. The Bull Bash is at the South Congaree Arena, […]

New QuickTrip store built in Cayce, at I-26

Work crews were on the site of a new QuickTrip or QT convenience store on US 321 at I-26 outside of Cayce, Monday.QT is chain supplying snacks, sandwiches and fountain drinks, plus gasoline. The structures of the QT location are complete. There is main store with gas pumps out front […]

Community Book Fair is Saturday at MOTA Crosslinking Business Academy

There will be a Free Community Book Fair Saturday (March 26) at MOTA Crosslinking Business Academy, 633 12th St., West Columbia. Cayce Police Chief Chris Coward will make a presentation at the book fair. It’s a free event for the community to promote literacy, said Vanessa Mota of MOTA Crosslinking. […]

Lexington Two Performing Arts Center has a new name

Lexington Two’s much-anticipated performing arts center now has a name. The Lexington Two Performing Arts Center – L2PAC for short – was approved as the new name by the Board of Trustees at its March 17 meeting. Work started late last year to clear and grade the center site, at […]

West Columbia Police Department Monthly Statistical Review shows an increase in incidents in February

West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce released a Monthly Statistical Review of crime and call-related data that included information for January and February. The West Columbia intersections where the most accidents occurred in February were: Sunset Blvd. @ Harbor Drive – 4 Sunset Blvd. @ W. Hospital Drive – 3 […]

Man dies in Irmo, his brother charged with manslaughter

On Saturday, around 9:30 p.m. Irmo Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 300 Block of Wharfsdale Road in the New Friarsgate subdivision, in Irmo. A person at the residence called 9-1-1 stating there had been a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found the deceased victim near the […]

Dominion Energy using helicopter to install power lines in Lexington

Beginning at 8 a.m., Sunday, Dominion Energy installed ropes on the new electricity transmission structures. The structures are at North Lake Drive (SC-6) and Columbia Avenue (US-378.) Dominion is using a helicopter to fly ropes across the road and a series of eight roads were closed. The work was expected […]

Brother is stabbed by brother and dies, Lexington County coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died as a result of a stabbing that occurred in the 300 block of Wharfsdale Road in the Town of Irmo shortly after 9 p.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Andrew Wardlaw Wier, 33, of Columbia was pronounced dead at […]

Tanner Staton, of Brookland-Cayce High School, selected as a Bridge Builder Excellence Award Finalist

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington 2 Communications – Tanner Staton, a rising senior athlete at Brookland-Cayce High School, has been selected as one of 70 nominee finalists statewide for the Bridge Builder Excellence Award for the SC Football Hall of Fame. Staton is a three-year starter and quarterback with the […]