Frank Parker – longtime owner of Cayce Bait and Tackle Shop- was an icon in Cayce for more than four decades. “He was a fixture,” said his niece Lisa Sharpe Breese. “And he was a cut-up. People loved to hang out at his shop,” that was at 2108 State Street, where the new Henry’s restaurant […]

Can a school building be a monument to history education? That’s the concept Lexington School District 2 leaders are pondering as it undertakes the remodeling of Springdale Elementary School. District officials demonstrated a design that would incorporate an airport hangar theme, during the District 2 School Board meeting on Aug. 18. Springdale Elementary – which […]

The S.C. Small Business Development Center held a seminar Tuesday morning at the Greater Cayce- West Columbia Chamber Office on 12th Street. Earl Gregorich – of the SC Small Business Development Center- discussed Small Business Technology Trends. Technology is always changing and it is tough for small business owners to know what to adopt and […]

House of Raeford Farms has announced it is awarding $50,000 in college scholarships to 20 students through the House of Raeford Scholarship Program. Almeera Lateef and Azaifa Lateef, daughters of Uzair Lateef of the West Columbia division, are attending the University of South Carolina Columbia. Mattison Caughman, daughter of Michelle Rish of the Batesburg-Leesville division, is attending […]

Franklin Parker, 79, was killed Thursday and a Columbia man is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting him. Parker is the former owner of Parker’s Trim Shop of Cayce and Cayce Bait & Tackle. Edward Britt, 56, is charged with Parker’s murder after authorities said Britt shot Parker during an argument. Britt is also facing charges […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced that Fritz Edward Neiger, 66, pleaded guilty on Thursday to five counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 2nd Degree, and five counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree, in front of Judge Keesley in Lexington County. A Facebook profile of Neiger showed that he […]

Bogarts Restaurant may have to leave West Columbia. Jason Jones, owner of the popular Bogart’s Restaurant at 530 12th St. in West Columbia, has until Oct. 9 to get out of his current building. “It was a shock to get the news,” Jones said. The building has been purchased. Jones said it will be torn […]

Willie Jermone Wilson, 25, was arrested and was being held in jail, late Sunday afternoon. He is charged with two counts of murder. Richland County Sheriff’s Department  asked the public for help finding Wilson earlier Sunday. Wilson was arrested around 5:30 p.m., but no more details were released regarding the arrest. INITIAL REPORT Richland County Sheriff’s Department deputies […]