Cayce approves final general and utility fund budgets

The City of Cayce passed final reading of it general fund and utility fund budget, at a meeting Wednesday. The General Fund Budget is balanced at $11,873,880. It includes a 10% increase in health insurance costs and a 2% Cost-of-Living raise for all employees. The Utility Fund Budget is balanced […]

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Fatal accident blocks US 1 at  Jarvis Klapman Blvd, West Columbia

Eastbound Lanes at Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Blvd Closed Due to Accident. There was a fatality. The collision  involved a motorcycle and a truck, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the West Columbia Police Department. The West Columbia Police Department has closed the Eastbound lanes of Highway 1 and […]

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Fatal accident blocks US 1 at Jarvis Klapman Blvd, West Columbia

Eastbound Lanes at Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Blvd Closed Due to Accident. There was a fatality. The collision  involved a motorcycle and a truck, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the West Columbia Police Department. The West Columbia Police Department has closed the Eastbound lanes of Highway 1 and […]

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Schlotzsky’s, Great Clips coming to Cayce

It looks like a deli sandwich shop and a hair-cutter are coming to the new shopping complex at Knox-Abbott Drive and Charleston Highway, in Cayce. “Schlotzsky’s has pulled a permit to upfit a space in the building next to the Walmart Neighborhood Market,” said Ashley Hunter, spokeswoman for the City of Cayce. […]

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Survey says most Lexington County residents have positive impression

Press Release from Harrison Cahill, Lexington County Public Information Officer  COUNTY OF LEXINGTON RELEASES RESULTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY On April 11, 2016, Lexington County Council embarked on a community engagement survey, giving residents a chance to voice their opinions of the County’s provided services and how they can be […]

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Body found near Red Bank Walmart

Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are investigating after a body was found in near the Red Bank Wal-Mart on Tuesday morning. According to the sheriff’s department, the body was in a vehicle parked near the Wal-Mart at 1780 S. Lake Drive. The body was that of a white […]

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West Columbia passes 1st reading of budget, water-sewer fees and H-Tax

West Columbia City Council, at a special meeting Monday, passed first reading of $16.8 million general fund budget and a water-sewer budget. The water-sewer budget includes an increase in fees of between $4 and $4.50-a-month for in-city customers.  That increase is double for out of city users. Even with the […]

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Lexington 2 releases administrative reassignment list

The following staff will serve at the schools listed for the 2016-17 School Year, that begins July 1. Leonard Frierson, Principal Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center / Wood Elementary School   Dr. Cecil McClary, Principal Elaine Lundy, Assistant Principal Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology   Hope Vrana, Principal Jim LeBlanc, […]

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BC Grammar, Pine Ridge Middle to get new principals

The Board of Trustees for Lexington School District Two approved the following new Principal appointments effective July 1, 2016: Christopher Dickey has been named Principal of B-C Grammar School No. 1.   Dickey earned a B.S. from Claflin University, an M.Ed. from Fayetteville State University, and an Ed.S. from SC […]

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Total loss to fire at Double Eagle Circle in Red Bank

Release from Harrison Cahill, Lexington County, PIO. Double Eagle Circle structure fire destroys home. County of Lexington emergency personnel responded to a residential structure fire near the Red Bank community Sunday evening. Just after 10 p.m., Lexington County 911 dispatched Lexington County Fire Service and EMS to the 300 block […]

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