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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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Obituaries: Alvin “Jr.” Kiser, Mary “Weezy” Pendarvis, Marion Smith, Linda E. Craft – Thompson Funeral home

Obituary of Alvin Gennar Kiser, Sr. Gennar “Jr” Kiser went to his forever home on Wednesday February 9th, 2022.   The family will hold a Graveside service for Mr. Alvin Gennar Kiser Sr. at Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church, West Columbia, SC on Monday February 14, 2022 at 3:00 p.m.  The Rev. Gina D. Metz will officiate.  The service […]

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Lexington County Man Convicted of Reckless Homicide, after 81-year-old Woman’s death

Bryan Christopher Powers, age 36 from Lexington County, was convicted this week by a Lexington County jury of Reckless Vehicular Homicide for causing the death of Mildred Smith, age 81 from Pelion. Chief Administrative Judge Debra R. McCaslin presided over the trial of this case and ultimately sentenced Powers to 8 years in the South […]

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Lexington Police work crash on North Lake Drive, Thursday afternoon

The Lexington Police Department reported a collision on North Lake Drive (SC-6) at Round Knob Road, around 4 p.m., Thursday. Police, EMS and fire units responded. Round Knob Road remained closed for a while. Police said the collision was caused by a driver failing to yield the right of way.

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