BCHS’s Miriam Stutler to be Swiss Rotary exchange student

Miriam Theda Stutler, a sophomore at Brookland-Cayce High School, has been awarded the Rotary Youth Exchange Scholarship. Miriam is scheduled to leave in August, and spend the next school year in Switzerland, living with three different host families. She will live in a small village outside of Zurich, and attend […]

Springdale Police make arrests

Officers with the Springdale Police Department have made numerous arrests recently. Officers stopped a vehicle traveling on Platt Springs Road, on May 26, for traffic violations. During that stop officers located a firearm that was not being carried lawfully by the driver. Further investigation revealed that the gun was stolen. […]

Units respond to Monday house fire near Springdale

Release from Harrison Cahill, Lexington County Residential structure fire on Pond Drive near Springdale  Just after 4 p.m. on Monday, Lexington County 911 dispatched Lexington County Fire Service and EMS to a two-alarm residential structure fire in the 900 block of Pond Drive, near Springdale. Upon arrival, firefighters could observe smoke […]

Memorial Day Service Held At Mt. Hermon

Mount Hermon Lutheran Church in West Columbia, held a Memorial Day service on Monday evening. A couple of dozen veterans were recognized attending the service were asked to stand, and many church members, who are deceased were remembered. Bill Shealy, 90 and a World War II veteran, was recognized as the […]

Splash in the summer at Trinity Methodist Church, Saturday

Splash in the summer, Saturday There will be a Summer Splash from 10 a.m. until noon at Trinity Methodist Church, 1201 Mohawk Dr. West Columbia. It’s across from the Botanical Gardens entrance to Riverbanks Zoo. There will be water slides, a bounce house, door prizes and sno-cones w/ a hot […]

City of Cayce offices closed Monday for Memorial day

City of Cayce residents: If you are scheduled to have your trash and recycling collected Monday, it will be picked up Wednesday. Cayce City offices and sanitation services will be closed in honor of Memorial Day.

The Cayce Serves – Public Safety- Tennis Tournament, June 18

The Cayce Serves Tennis Tournament is June 18. It’s a one-day charity event for the Cayce Public Safety Department (police, fire and animal services.) It features men’s and women’s doubles with prizes and awards. Call Kay Hutchinson at 803-550-9529 for more information.

Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church offering Memorial Day service, Monday

Mount Hermon Lutheran at 3011 Leaphart Road, West Columbia, invites the community to its  Memorial Day service on Monday, May 30, beginning at 7 p.m. The service began to honor all Mount Hermon service members, past and present, and the branch of service they represent. The Palmetto Mastersingers will perform a […]

Handy-man charged with murder, arson in Cedarcrest Drive fire

Gaston man charged with murder, arson in Cedarcrest Drive fire Lexington County deputies have arrested Robert Dumon Johnson in connection with the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a Cedarcrest Drive house damaged by fire early Thursday morning. Click: Link to original fire report Johnson fatally stabbed a […]

Coroner identifies Gilbert man who drowned in pond

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who is believed to have drowned  shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, in a private pond in the 1200 block of Windy Road in Gilbert. Coroner Fisher stated that Mark A. Taylor, 52, of Gilbert, was transported by Lexington County EMS to […]