The much-anticipated Food Truck Court opened on Meeting Street in West Columbia, Monday. “This is just one of many good things coming to West Columbia,” said Mayor Bobby Horton before the ribbon was cut on the new food truck court. He said the next six months will be a period […]

Micah Caskey said he will run for S.C. House Seat 89, being vacated by Kenny Bingham. Caskey, a prosecutor in the 11th Judicial Circuit, announced his intention to run for the seat, Sunday evening. Caskey, 34, said in a press release datelined Springdale, he is a lifelong conservative Republican. He […]

“Know who your ideal client is.” That was the message from Jerry Bellune during the Funshop meeting March 11, at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Jerry and his wife, MacLeod Bellune, own The Lexington County Chronicle. Bellune said he has succeed for more than 20 years as a newspaper […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Craig S. Wolfe (born 1955) of Cherry Hill, New Jersey on charges connected to sexual conduct with minors. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, a member of the Attorney General’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, made the arrest. The arrest […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has terminated a part-time administrative employee of the Coroner’s Office. Ther termination was made after Fisher received notice from the South Carolina Highway Patrol that the employee Amanda Corley, 29, had been arrested and was being charged with driving under the influence. Corley was arrested […]

Brayden Cullum, a ninth-grade student at Brookland-Cayce High School, played the next to the last set at Wing Wing Cafe in Harbison Thursday night. Youtube video of Brayden Cullum playing guitar Cullum (with the white guitar) played lead on the song Sultans of Swing, the guitar anthem made famous by […]

A Leesville man has been charged with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor – third degree. According to arrest warrants, John Fleming Boineau, 33, committed a lewd act with a child under the age of 16 in December 2015. “This investigation has lasted more than three months […]

The Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Good Deeds Friday.  It is scheduled for Good Friday, March 25. ** Location ** THE BALANCE INSTITUTE 1905 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia Good Deeds Friday Benefits: Babcock Center; Beginnings SC and PETS Inc. DROP OFF TIMES: 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The FESTIVITIES are […]

Press Release from: Anna M. Huffman, Public Information Officer, for the City of West Columbia When the City of West Columbia was first approached with the idea of having a food truck court, zoning regulations created a road block. But city staff acted quickly to present city council with a plan to change […]