Wayne M. Grooms, 71, of West Columbia, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake, Sunday afternoon. Grooms was a commissioner with the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District. A report about his death was posted on his Facebook account, Monday. Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock said Grooms  was visiting Santee […]

Work is progressing at the site of the new Lexington 2 elementary school on Bulldog Boulevard in Cayce. Ground was broken for the school on April 18. The new campus off the 12th Street Extension will house Taylor Elementary School and Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Cost estimates for […]

Tuesday (June 14) is Primary Day in Lexington County. There are lots of contested races, some with several candidates. If there are runoff elections, those would be held June 28. The General Election is Nov. 8. Below is a list of candidates. Democrat or other party affiliations are denoted. All […]

The City of West Columbia held the second of two public information meetings regarding a 2% Hospitality Tax, Monday. Brian Carter, City Administrator, said many requests have been made to council for special projects, and a Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) – on prepared foods- could fund some of those requests, if […]

Release from Rhonda Robinson- 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office ALABAMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON After a four day trial, a Lexington County jury returned guilty verdicts in a murder case. Justin Antonio Butler, AKA Jona McCoy, 24, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., was convicted […]

Donate ’til June 15.  A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size […]

The Lexington 2 School Board of Trustees will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (June 16) at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia. The proposed Agenda includes Second Reading of the 2016/17 Proposed General Fund Budget; consideration of the […]

The Rhythm on the River held its last concert of the spring series, Saturday. The concerts are a product of The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, and its sponsors. The Mustache Brothers took the stage at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheatre after  The Prairie Willows opened. The next series begins […]

Dee Alessandro, fishing with West Columbia City Councilman Trevor Bedell, hauled in this big ‘un on Saturday. The stiper were biting en masse, according Bedell. Catch and release requirements are in effect- and that’s what the fisherman did after landing this big fish. Alessandro said he loves to come up […]