Month: December 2015

Cayce kicks off Christmas season with tree lighting

Truckloads of food were collected, Thursday, for God’s Helping Hands by the Woman’s Club of Cayce. The food was dropped off at the thirteenth annual  Cayce Cares Tree Lighting ceremony  that the Woman’s Club of Cayce sponsors. Non-perishable food items solicited by the club  will help feed those who struggle through the Christmas season. It’s […]

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Gray Collegiate wins Tip-Off Classic basketball tournament

The boys basketball team of West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy remains undefeated. Gray won the Lower Richland Tip-Off Classic in November.  In the tournament, Gray defeated Fort Mill, Lower Richland and Westwood to take home the title. This week Gray knocked off another 4A school. The War Eagles defeated  Northwestern High School of Rock Hill […]

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It may take a year to repair Botanical Parkway

Botanical Parkway was one of the most-damaged roads in West Columbia, by the October floods. It will be the most expensive to repair, and the most-impassable for a while. “We expect it to be in the next calendar year,” said Joey Derby, Lexington County Engineer, of the repair schedule for the road. The cost for […]

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Cayce kicks off schedule of Christmas events, Thursday

Christmas In Cayce -38th Annual Tree Lighting Thursday 6 p.m.   City of Cayce Municipal Complex 1800 12th Street Cayce This event is hosted by The Woman’s Club of Cayce and includes greetings from city officials, holiday thoughts, musical selections, and a visit from Santa. Proceeds from the sale of lights for the tree will […]

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Next Gamecock Head Coach should be….

Put any knowledgeable college football mind -looking for a head coach –  in a room for a week. Let him sift through a bucket full of names. Would he be able to find a prime candidate, then get his target? When Steve Spurrier was at Duke, a basketball school, he had one losing season. Then he […]

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Plans for hotel across from Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia

Solara Investments plans to build a hotel near Lexington Medical Center on Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia, according to a NAI Avant press release. According to the release: NAI Avant senior brokers Jeff Hein, SIOR and Roger Winn recently represented the seller in the sale of 3 acres of land on a prime development site, located […]

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Airport, Brookland-Cayce boys teams win in basketball, Tuesday night

Airport Boys win 63-52 at Strom Thurmond. Brookland-Cayce Boys win at home over Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 70-54.

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More plans for Brookland development revealed at council meeting

More plans for an “iconic” development called Brookland were revealed Tuesday evening. Matt Mundy said, of Estates, Inc., told of a project – to be built at the corner of State and Meeting in West Columbia – that will be a visual event to traffic coming toward it. He said the plan is to make […]

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