Month: February 2021
Gray Collegiate boys’ basketball team defeated Newberry, 84-35, Tuesday in Newberry. With the win the War Eagles, of West Columbia, claimed the team’s fifth straight Region 3-2A title. Gray also earned a No. 1 seed in the SC High School League Tournament. The War Eagles, coached by coach Dion Bethea, had not played for 16 […]
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Due to excessive rainfall, the first phase of the Cayce Riverwalk is closed. The first phase is from the Blossom Street Bridge to the Cayce Cove Apartments. The remaining 18+ miles of trails on the Riverwalk and the Timmerman Trail are open.
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There has been a lot of rain in the last several days. Because of the rain, the West Columbia Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater, 109 Alexander Road, and 100 Riverside Drive in West Columbia is temporarily closed due to flooding.
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You can soon go to Lexington Medical Center in the Northeast. Lexington Medical Center Northeast will start a phased opening in mid-March. The new is 225,000-sq.-ft. It’s at Clemson and Longtown roads. (Jumper Carter Sease feature photo.) Construction began on it in June 2019. Included are an: outpatient surgery in three operating rooms; occupational therapy; […]
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The Brookland-Cayce boys basketball team kept its playoff streak alive Monday night. The Bearcats defeated Fox Creek 64-38 in the semifinals of the Region 5-3A tournament. With the win, BC qualified for the SC High School League playoffs. It’s the ninth straight year Brookland-Cayce has made the playoffs. The team has made the playoffs in […]
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The Town of Springdale is growing by 189 new homes, said Springdale Mayor Michael Bishop. The new community will be named Roof’s Pond. The builders in Roof’s Pond will be Stanley Martin Homes (that used to be Essex Homes) and Great Southern Homes. The property where the new houses are going is across from Plantation […]
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The Busbee Creative Arts Academy Basketball Team played in the PAC Middle School Championship game, Saturday. The Bulldogs faced perennial middle school powerhouse Dutch Fork. Busbee, which is in Cayce, fell short of a win in the final, but represented The Academy with great pride and brought home the runner-up trophy as a prize for […]
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Students at Pine Ridge Middle School will move temporarily from in-person classes to virtual learning for two weeks. The virtual learning period will begin Tuesday (Feb.16) the day after the President’s Day holiday. Students are tentatively scheduled to resume in-person classes on the Pine Ridge campus on Monday, March 1. The decision to move to […]
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