West Columbia Police is holding a women’s self-defense meeting. It Sept. 24, at 6p.m. at the West Columbia Police Department on 12th Street. It will include a live exposure to a taser. Call Lt. John Norman at 936-6280 to reserve a spot.

Cayce City Council voted, Wednesday, to begin eliminating dilapidated structures. The city has appropriated $50,000 to demolish unsafe structures. With the vote Wednesday, the process to tear down building can begin. The Top 10 list of structures identified for demolition by the city. 1. 1107 Allen Street 2. 2811 Tree Street (old military barracks building) […]

The Fall Rhythm on the River Concert Series resumes on Friday, September 18th with The Travelin’ Kine. The opening act is: Cayla Fralick & Lauren Vaughan. The Travelin’ Kine is described as a Red Dirt/Americana group from  Charleston. The Travelin’ Kine is the 2014 City Paper Americana Artist of the Year winners. Their sound is […]

The City of Cayce has benefits for retirees. SmartAssets listed Cayce as one of the Most Tax Friendly Places to Retire in South Carolina. The City of Cayce ranks at No. 9 out of 270 cities and towns in the state. The city of Cayce announced the designation in a release Wednesday morning. “Our City is a great […]

The Brookland-Cayce High School alumni threw a 100th birthday party for Mr. Earl Williams, Tuesday. Williams birthday is not until Sept. 27. It will be celebrated at Brookland United Methodist Church in West Columbia. But the Brookland-Cayce alumni group that meets monthly at Ocean View Seafood Restaurant in Cayce presented Williams with a cake, and […]

Ground was broken Tuesday for a 36,000-sq-ft Goodwill facility on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. It will be double the size of the existing the Goodwill store on Meeting Street in West Columbia, according to Pat  , President and CEO of Goodwill Industries Upstate/Midlands South Carolina. The new building, when it’s done, will employ 40 people, […]

Phil Carter has been elected to Cayce City Council. He is a former Lexington School District 2 Board member.  The special election to fill the unexpired term of City of Cayce District 4 Councilman Tim James was held Tuesday. The polls closed at 7 p.m. Carter and candidates Alex Mowery, and John Raley ran for […]

Chuck Oree, of House of Raeford, has always been open to opportunities. Twenty-five years ago the plant in West Columbia offered him a job. He took that offer and turned it into a career of distinction. Oree has served his company at every level of management. For the last six years he has been the […]