Month: June 2022

2 Cayce Police Department School Resource Officers Win Statewide Awards

 The Cayce Police Department is excited to announce that the South Carolina  Association of School Resource Officers (SCASRO) has selected two Cayce police officers as their 2022 award recipients. Additionally, the Cayce School Resource Officer (SRO) Program was selected for the highest honor, the SRO Program of the Year.  On Monday June 13, 2022 SCASRO selected the following winners for […]

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State Treasurer Curtis Loftis recognizes Lexington 2 teachers for financial literacy education

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized two Lexington School District Two educators as South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teachers as part of a program designed to increase the number of teachers across the state who are incorporating personal finance education into their K-12 classrooms. Tammi Campbell of Airport High School and Harmonica Hart of New […]

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Perry’s Gourmet Flaming Grilled Chicken coming to 1416 Charleston Highway in West Columbia

Perry’s Gourmet Flaming Grilled Chicken is opening at 1416 Charleston Highway in West Columbia. There is a sign on the building announcing the opening. There is another sign by the road that reads “Now Hiring.”

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Breads and Such to open in the former Parkland Cakes building on C Avenue, West Columbia

Breads and Such is coming soon to the former Parkland Cakes building at 1220 C Avenue, West Columbia. A note about the new business, a bakery, was posted on the City of West Columbia Facebook page. A soft opening is being planned for August with a Grand Opening in September, according to the post.

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Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball Minors Allstar team wins District 4 Championship

The Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball Minors Allstar team defeated Meadowlake, Wednesday in the District 4 Division 2 Championship game. The game was played in Gaston. With the win, the CWC Minors qualified for the Dixie Youth Baseball State Tournament to be played on July 9, in Johnsonville.

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West Columbia restaurants shine at Taste on the River

The 6th Annual Taste on the River played to a lively crowd, Tuesday night. The event is a benefit for the West Columbia Beautification and was held at Stone River in West Columbia.“The turnout was awesome,” said Kelli Rikard, events manager for the City of West Columbia. “This is what we anticipate when we plan […]

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Micah Caskey holds off Melanie Shull in close SC House District 89 race – pending recount

Micah Caskey defeated Melanie Shull by 26 votes in the GOP Primary for the SC House District 89 seat. There will be an automatic recount because of the closeness of the race. The seat covers parts of West Columbia, Cayce and Springdale. No Democrat is running for the seat. Caskey received 1,530 votes and Shull […]

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Todd Cullum wins, retains his Lexington County Council seat

Todd Cullum won his District 9 Lexington County Council seat, Tuesday. Cullum defeated Bobby L. Porter in the primary. Cullum received about 74 percent of the vote to Porter’s 26 percent. Cullum, who lives in Cayce, got 1,174 votes. Porter received 423 votes. He won the GOP Primary and will retain the seat because there […]

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