Pine Ridge’s T.J. Nelson is LMC Foundation’s Living Well recipient
T.J. Nelson (middle) receives LMC Foundation Living Well award from Butch Wallace of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson’s office. Renee Dooley, LMC Foundation, right. Tracy (T.J.) Nelson, a student at Pine Ridge Middle School was named as Lexington Medical Center Foundations’s Living Well Health Student at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber […]
Read More >>Pine Ridge’s Emily Shafer is District 2, Student of the Month
Emily Shafer, who attends Pine Ridge Middle School, was selected as the Lexington School District 2 Student of the Month during the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. Pine Ridge Principal Brad Coleman presented Emily with the award.
Read More >>Lexington 2 Board to meet Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The Board of Trustees of Lexington School District Two will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia, SC. The proposed Agenda is linked. Notices and Agendas are also posted on […]
Read More >>Dickerson Center’s Annual Gala is Feb. 13
The Dickerson Children’s Advocacy Center is holding its Annual Mardi Gras Gala Benefit on Saturday, Feb. 13, from 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. There will be music by The Coastal Breeze Band with complimentary beverages and heavy hors d’oeuvres. For more information please call 803-791-1511. The mission of the […]
Read More >>UPDATE: Emergency crews respond to incident near Congaree River
The West Columbia Fire Department responded to a report of a jumper from the Jarvis Klapman Bridge around 6 p.m. Monday. Emergency crews from West Columbia and Columbia performed a rescue effort, but no one was found. The search was called off after 7 p.m. Officials will continue to investigate to […]
Read More >>U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson visits East Point Academy
National School Choice Week is this week. To commemorate the occasion, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson was in West Columbia to tour East Point Academy (EPA.) “Speaking Chinese will open so many doors for you,” Wilson told students at the school that focuses on the teaching of the Chinese language Thursday. […]
Read More >>Robbery suspects also sought for bank fraud
A pair of suspects in the armed robbery of a Lexington County business are also wanted for attempting to fraudulently use checks reported as stolen from the same business. According to Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives, two Hispanic males robbed the La Gaviota Grocery on Augusta Highway on Jan. 10. The […]
Read More >>Snow on the roof, on cars, but not much else
The big snow storm of 2016 has not produced much in Cayce and West Columbia. Many anxious kids, who really wanted to see snow, get to see a little. Early Saturday morning, there was some snow on rooftops, and some snow stuck to cars, but there was not much else.
Read More >>Batesburg Man Arrested for Criminal Sexual Conduct
Batesburg Man Arrested on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor charge South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brannon James Hall (DOB: 1994) of Batesburg, South Carolina on six (6) charges connected to sexual exploitation of minors. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the state’s […]
Read More >>Snow likely beginning at midnight, with small accumulation
Below is the Cayce-West Columbia forecast from the National Weather Service. Friday Night Rain likely before midnight, then rain and snow likely between midnight and 4 a.m. Then a chance of snow after 4 a.m. Cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation […]
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