Month: August 2016

Cayce police seek help to find Bi-Lo armed robber

The Cayce Department of Public Safety is requesting assistance in identifying the suspect in connection with an armed robbery of the Bi-Lo Grocery Store located at 2453 Charleston Highway in Cayce on Monday. This suspect is described as a black male wearing a grey “hoodie” and dark blue sweat pants or athletic pants. The suspect […]

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Cayce set to award bid for Thomas Newman Boat Landing repair

The City of Cayce has received bids for the repair of the Thomas Newman Boat Landing. The boat landing was damaged after flooding on the Congaree River in the last year. The work to repair the landing includes installation of a new aluminum floating dock. To replace the dock, the current dock- that is damaged,- […]

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Cayce’s Julius Felder Street to get new sidewalks

New sidewalks are coming to Julius Felder Street in Cayce. Cayce City Council approved matching funds in the amount of $93,000 for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Julius Felder Sidewalk Project at its city council meeting, last Wednesday. “It’s a long overdue project,” said Mayor Elise Partin. The $605,000, three-phase plan is funded […]

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Springdale Police seek help to find armed robbery suspect

Springdale Police Chief Kevin Cornett is asking for the community’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place on Sunday, Aug. 14. On the evening of Aug. 14, two men used a firearm to rob an individual who was at the Carolina Lodge located at 2204 Airport Blvd. […]

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Botanical Parkway beavers, gone without a trace

After the flood of last October ripped a hole in Botanical Parkway, the local beavers saw their chance. As county officials waded through the arduous process of obtaining permits, conducting surveys and finding funding, to fix the million-dollar gash in the West Columbia road to Riverbanks Zoo, the vibrating teeth of the Botanical Beaver Crew […]

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Airport football ready to play as a 4A high school in 2016

Airport High School has a 4A classification in athletics for 2016. As a 4A team the Eagles host crosstown rival Brookland-Cayce Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Bob Mooneyhan Field. Those two teams have played each other twice in the past, but with Airport’s move to 4A, BC is still 3A, Airport and the Bearcats play […]

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Brookland-Cayce defeats Lake Marion

BC beat Lake Marion 49-8 Saturday morning. The Bearcats were ahead 35-0 at halftime and scored to open the third quarter after recovering the kickoff . The game was never close. The bigger opponent seemed to be the heat during the daytime game- that was moved to 10 a.m. Saturday- after an electrical storm hit […]

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Lake Marion at BC postponed, until 10 a.m Saturday, Gray at Gilbert 11 a.m.

Lake Marion at BC has been postponed, until 10 a.m Saturday. Other high school football games have been postponed due to severe weather Friday night, too. Gray Collegiate at Gilbert is postponed til 11 a.m. Saturday. At BC, in Cayce, lightening and rain drove fans to cover at about 7:30 p.m.- after the National Anthem had been […]

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