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Airport, Brookland-Cayce players named to All-Midlands team

The State newspaper released an All-Midlands football team last weekend. The team has players from Airport High School and Brookland-Cayce High school on it. From Airport is offensive lineman Trumaine Fleming. He is a senior, who is 6-3 and 310 lbs. From Brookland -Cayce is Tay Pringle. He is a Junior, […]

Courtyard by Marriott to open in Cayce, at Otarre Pointe

Courtyard by Marriott Hotel To Open In the City of Cayce SpringBridge Development, LLC is pleased to announce that development will begin this year for a proposed Courtyard by Marriott with a tentative open date of fourth quarter, 2016. The proposed Courtyard by Marriott will join a new corporate development […]

West Columbia issues boil water advisory

The City of West Columbia has issued a boil water advisory for water customers in the following areas: 2400 to 2700 blocks of Rainbow Drive. All addresses on Rainbow Circle, Dawn Drive, Armstrong Street, Kensington Court, and Decatur Street. Customers in this area may have experienced low water pressure due to a […]

Repair of Cayce Riverwalk Phase II a major project

There are three open sections and miles of Riverwalk available in Cayce. That’s the good news. But Phase II of the popular riverside trail is damaged and when it will be open again has not been determined. At some parts, the road has eroded from under the cement walkway. Debris, […]

Townhouses changing West Columbia skyline

The Flow townhouses continue to rise upward beside the Bridgepoint condominiums and the city’s Water Filtration Plant in West Columbia. Although it may be modest, the new construction, next to Riverwalk, is changing the skyline. Where a vacant lot, and the O’Brien Supply Co. building, once was, the shape of the […]

Fatal accident victim identified

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed at approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday., at I-20 east at mile marker 58. It was at the Augusta Road/I-20 exit. Link to WMN accident report The victim is Jermain L. Watkins, 39, of Sumter. Watkins was pronounced dead at […]

Update: Lexington Police says runaway girl located

Runaway Taylor Nicole Gray-Haner has been located safe, according to the Lexington Police Department. The Lexington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating an endangered juvenile runaway. Taylor Nicole Gray-Haner was reported missing to Lexington Police by her family on Aug. 16. She was last seen at her […]

Holland Avenue Baptist Church delivers school supplies for those without

Holland Avenue Baptist Church conducted a drive to collect school supplies. The effort resulted in a massive amount of supplies for students at Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Students report to school for the 2015-16 School Year, Wednesday. Teachers started back last Wednesday.

F.L.O.C.K. donates school supplies to elementary schools

The 2015-16 school year begins in Lexington School District Two, Wednesday. And a local charity is helping some needy students. The non-profit organization, House Of Raeford FLOCK has donated $2,000 in school supplies to three local elementary schools Friday in preparation for the 2015-2016 school year. The presentation of school supplies […]

Public hearing set to rezone State and Meeting property for “Brookland”

A public hearing is scheduled for the rezoning of the high-profile property at State at Meeting streets in West Columbia. West Columbia City Council and the Planning Commission will meet at city hall at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24 to consider rezoning. The 4-plus acres is currently zoned C-1 and […]