The murder trial of Billy John Geisendorff began this week in Lexington County General Sessions Court. A jury found Geisendorff, 52, guilty of murder and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime on Thursday,   Geisendorff received the maximum penalty of life in prison following sentencing by Judge Garrison D. Hill. Geisendorff […]

Register for CWC Jaycees Annual 9-11 5K for our Troops  The annual 5K event hosted by the Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees at the W.M. Rish Riverwalk Park & Amphitheater. Partnering with Team RWB and Hidden Wounds. It’s at 5 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 11) 119 Alexander Road, West Columbia. Registration: www.strictlyrunning.com Proceeds from the event support military […]

Members of the Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club spent part of this week conducting eye exams for the students of Springdale Elementary School. “It’s great,” said Springdale Principal Hope Vrana of the Lions Club effort to administer eye tests. She also said the eye screening is “efficient and effective.” “It allows us to get the screening […]

The Airport High School Eagles go to play at Gilbert at 7:30 p.m. in high school football, Friday. Airport is coming off of a 42-20 win over Lower Richland last week. The Eagles have a record of 1-1. Gilbert is 3-0, with wins over Gray, River Bluff and Batesburg-Leesville. Brookland-Cayce does not play a football […]

A West Columbia man and a Cayce woman have been charged in connection to a homicide that happened last month on Double Branch Road in West Columbia.  Roscoe Holmes III, 23, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Andy McMillan during the morning of Aug. 18, according to arrest warrants. “We obtained […]

There will be an Alzheimer’s Awareness FunRaiser  at the Columbia Presbyterian Community on Saturday (Sept. 10.) It’s at Jasmine Place (at the Memory Support Neighborhood) 700 DeVega Drive in Lexington- (just off of Sunset Boulevard at I-20.) There will be Music, a Yard Sale, Food, Raffles, Games and More. Contact: 803-227-8342 or www.PresHomeSC.org

Lexington District Two announced today that Ms. Chesley Geyer, a third grade teacher at Pineview Elementary School, has been named the 2016-17 Teacher of the Year. Ms. Geyer, a 20-year veteran of Lexington Two, was selected by a community panel of judges. In May, she was nominated by her peers at Pineview Elementary School to […]

West Columbia City Council voted to designate the property at 130 State St. as “Historic Property” at its Tuesday council meeting. With the designation, the building receives “Special Property Tax Assessments for Rehabilitated Historic Properties.” The property at 130 State was – for years- the home of Clark’s Beauty Shop. The popular two-story, half-brick, half-tile storefront location, […]