Lexington County Councilman Ned Tolar is slowly recovering after being in an accident two weeks ago. The crash occurred when Tolar was turning left at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Old Cherokee  Road in Lexington. His car was hit on the driver’s side by another vehicle. Tolar suffered three broken vertebra and damage to one of […]

Super 25 Preseason Boys Basketball: No. 16 Gray Collegiate Academy (Columbia, S.C.) No. 16: Gray Collegiate Academy Location: West Columbia, S.C. 2015-16 record: 23-2 Final 2015-16 Super 25 ranking: Unranked MORE: Meet the preseason ALL-USA Boys Basketball Team LOOKBACK: 2015-16 Final Super 25 Boys Basketball rankings The War Eagles already had the pieces in place to have a […]

WHO: Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics South Carolina WHEN: November 2-4, 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. WHERE: Cayce, Lexington, Columbia and Northeast Columbia Local and State Law Enforcement Camp Out On Top of Krispy Kreme Local and State Law Enforcement officers will be camping out on the roofs of Columbia and Lexington Krispy […]

Do you know who the players are on this football team? It is made up of kids from the Cayce-West Columbia. Do you know what year it is? Can you name the players? Please add any information you have in the comments section below.  

West Columbia City Council approved a contract with AOS Specialty Contractors Inc. for the FEMA Riverwalk Repair Project. The Amount of the contract is $270,811.04. AOS Specialty Contractors Inc was the “Lowest Responsible Responsive Bidder.” West Columbia Public Works Director Jamie Hook said work to repair Riverwalk would begin as soon as possible. He said he […]

The City of West Columbia received a Lowe’s Community Partners Grant award of $10,000 presented by  Jacqueline Buck, Executive Director, Keep the Midlands Beautiful.  Pictured are West Columbia Public Works Director Jamie Hook, Buck, and West Columbia Grants Coordinator Tara Greenwood. Councilman Tem Miles, in the background. The check was presented at the West Columbia […]

West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman, left, Firerfighter H. Howell, Chief of Operations  Marquis Solomon,  right, Presented a donation of more than $4,900  to Tara Heil, Executive Director, Greater South Carolina Muscular Dystrophy Association. The money was raised by WCFD personnel during the 2016 Muscular Dystrophy Boot Drive. The presentation was made during the West Columbia […]

Ground was broken for Cayce’s Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in the last week of March. When construction began a tentative open date of the fourth quarter of 2016 was announced.     The hotel is being built on Fort Congaree Trail in Cayce, off of 12 Street Extension. It is adjacent to the Cayce Tennis and […]