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Tuesday is National Night Out against crime in Springdale

The National Night Out against crime is Tuesday Oct. 5, in Springdale.It’s from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at Felton C. Benton Park, beside Springdale Town Hall on Platt Springs Road.National Night Out activities and events include a Live DJ and lots of goodies for the children.

Airport, Brookland-Cayce, Gray get high school football wins

Gray Collegiate defeated Batesburg-Leesville 42-0, Friday.The War Eagles are now 5-1 and 1-0 in the conference. Gray running back KZ Adams rushed for 270 yards and scored two touchdowns. He surpassed 1,000 yards for the 4th consecutive year.Gray Collegiate travels to play Columbia High School next week.Airport defeated Midland Valley […]

Land being cleared for new homes off of Methodist Park Road, West Columbia

Almost 200 single-family residential units are being planned for construction off of Methodist Park Road in West Columbia. The site stretches from the Pineview Baseball Complex to land behind the Carolina Pottery Plaza on Augusta Road. Mungo Homes will build what is being called the Pine Crest Subdivision. Crews have […]

Always Original Bakery at 501 Meeting St. has soft opening, opens officially, Tuesday

Always Original Bakery at 501 Meeting St. West Columbia held a soft opening in a newly renovated space, Thursday.The bakery is owned by George Grogan and Jay Dawson. Always Original Bakery will hold another soft opening from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday. It’s official opening is at 8 a.m. […]

City of Cayce’s plant Exchange is Oct. 16

Join us on October 16th for the Cayce Fall Plant Exchange! Plant drop-off from 9:30-10:00 am and the Exchange will begin at 10:00 AM. Children and friendly pets are welcome! This is a rain or shine event and runs until all of the plants have a new home. There will […]

Rhythm on the River, Fall Back Fest, Parade of Lights coming up in West Columbia

Some high-profile events are scheduled for West Columbia this fall.“The popular Rhythm on the River concert series is back,” said Tim James, president and CEO of the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce. The Rhythm on the River concerts begin at 6 p.m. Oct. 8, and will be held every […]

Chuck Underhill of House of Raeford accepts Business of the Quarter award from the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce

House of Raeford has been named the Business of the Quarter by the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Chuck Underhill, of House of Raeford, received a US Flag that had flown over the Chamber’s headquarters from C-WC Chamber President Tim James at the Chamber’s monthly breakfast, Tuesday. House of […]

Aubrey Fitzloff is Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Ambassador of the Quarter

Aubrey Fitzloff of LifeTime Insurance Agency has been named “Ambassador of the Quarter” by the by the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce.Aubrey received a South Carolina state flag that had flown over the Chamber’s headquarters from C-WC Chamber President Tim James at the Chamber’s monthly breakfast, Tuesday. The breakfast […]

Nephron’s Lou Kennedy speaks at Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast

“This is my hood,” said Lou Kennedy. who moved to Cayce when she was age two and attended Lexington Two schools. Her family then moved to the Corley Mill Road area of Lexington when she was 10. The owner, president and CEO of Nephron Pharmaceuticals spoke at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce […]

COVID hospitalizations drop to under 100 at Lexington Medical Center

Lexington Medical Center reported Monday that there were 84 patients being treated for COVID. For the last two weeks the number of COVID patients at LMC has declined. The number of serious cases has declined, too. There were 22 with COVID in the Intensive Care Unit reported Monday. A majority […]