Month: February 2022

Lexington County woman accused of attacking man with bottle

 A Leesville woman is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature after detectives said she stabbed a man with what they believe was a broken liquor bottle. Artatyania Latasha Francis, 28, was arrested Friday in the 400 block of Galleon Road in Batesburg-Leesville. “Based on the interviews investigators have conducted, they’ve […]

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Cayce City Councilman Hunter Sox awarded prestigious scholarship to attend Congress of New Urbanism

Cayce City Councilman Hunter Sox has been selected for the McLaughlin Scholarship to attend the Congress of New Urbanism in Oklahoma City in the second half of March. “I am honored to have received the McLaughlin Scholarship,” said Sox. I look forward to using the education at CNU, and these connections, to make this side […]

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Cayce’s Marlo Kanipe elected to lead BBB Board of Directors

From BBB – Marlo Kanipe has been elected Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the BBB Serving Central SC and Charleston. Kanipe has served on the BBB Board of Directors since 2016, including Vice Chair and Secretary. Kanipe is the Owner of Deserved Comfort House Cleaning in Cayce. She is a graduate of the […]

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Tall Oaks Boutique Ribbon-Cutting is Thursday on State Street

Tall Oaks Boutique’s, at 128 State Street, West Columbia will hold a ribbon cutting and happy hour sale at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday (Feb 17.) This is a rescheduled event. The WeCo River District Merchants Association is hosting the event and all guests will receive 15% off their entire purchase. Tall Oaks Boutique officially opened […]

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Cayce Fire Department holds Washdown Ceremony for new ladder fire truck

Cayce Mayor Elise Partin welcomed guests as the Cayce Fire Department held a Washdown Ceremony for its new ladder fire truck, Friday. The ceremony took place at the Cayce Fire Department in front of Cayce City Hall off of 12th Street. “We are replacing an existing ladder truck so that is is safer for our […]

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Obituary of M. Joe Staggs – Thompson Funeral home

Obituary of M. Joe Staggs February 20th 1932 – February 10th 2022 Mikie Joe Staggs, 89 of West Columbia , South Carolina  passed away February 10, 2022.  He was born on February 20, 1932  in Bessemer, AL, to the late Charles  and Minnie Turner Staggs. After proudly serving in the U.S. Army and National Guard, […]

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Alan Bryon Redmond and Regenia Ray Obituaries – Moseley’s Funeral Home

Alan Bryon Redmond Alan B. Redmond, 58, passed away on February 12, 2022. Alan was born in Cayce, SC to Jo Ann and Leo Redmond on August 13, 1963. He was a graduate of Brookland Cayce High School, class of 1981.  Growing up, Alan was known for his love of baseball and sports, and was […]

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Lynn Summer inducted into the Brookland-Cayce High School Education Hall of Fame

Lynn Summer was inducted into the Brookland-Cayce High School Education Hall of Fame, Thursday evening. The Brookland-Cayce High School Education Foundation sponsored the Hall of Fame Gala held at Seawell’s in Columbia. Summer worked at Brookland-Cayce High School for more than two decades before her retirement in 2019. “She is one of a kind and […]

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