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Airport High School Teacher Jessica Metts was named the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Teacher-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. Jessica is a physical education teacher. She challenges her students to participate in fitness activity, and she joins them in exercising, in order to live a more healthy lifestyle. […]
Read More >>Airport High School JROTC Instructor Sgt. Major Harry Ferguson was named Teacher-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. His highly awarded Drill Team is ranked third nationally, and two of the cadets in Ferguson’s program are national champions. He is pictured with AHS Principal Dr. Dixon Brooks.
Read More >>Mayor Michael Bishop wants you to do more than just slow down in Springdale. He wants you to stop. “There are 17,000 cars a day coming through Springdale,” Bishop said. “We need to give them a reason to stop.” Bishop, and Springdale Town Administrator Jeff Stillweell spoke at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday. […]
Read More >>According to the SCHP the victim- who has not been identified by the coroner yet- was ejected from a 1992 Ford truck. Before the driver was ejected, the truck hit another vehicle, and sideswiped another. The accident involved another truck and a SUV. The driver that was killed was not wearing a seat belt. The […]
Read More >>Airport High School’s Tatiana Staley was named Student-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. She is a senior and will attend Duke University next year, and major in biomedical engineering. Tatiana is a drum major in the Airport Band, and she plays the flute. She is pictured with AHS […]
Read More >>Airport High School’s James Heustess was named the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Student-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. James is a volunteer at Camp Nehemiah, where he helps encourage participants. James has a 3.67 grade-point-average and he is on the Airport Baseball team. He is pictured with Beth […]
Read More >>A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size 11. Also being collected are any art supplies. Donate […]
Read More >>County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the two-vehicle accident at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, (May 22.) The crash took place in the 200 block of Gardners Terrace Road in West Columbia. The woman killed was identified as Natasha Lindell Smith, 37, of Columbia. Smith was pronounced dead at […]
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