As flood waters raged, many lives were endangered. And Sgt. Austol Youmans and Public Safety Officer John Maynard helped save one. The two Cayce Public Safety officers were patrolling on Sunday, Oct. 4 when a man in a truck drove into the deep end of a fast moving flood on Bluff Road in Columbia. Thanks […]

McGuinn Homes at Harvest Glen is off of Leaphart Road in West Columbia. There was  a Ribbon Cutting and Open House, there Tuesday. Pictured (left to right) are: Wanda Harrill, McGuinn Homes, B.J. Unthank,  West Columbia City Council, Vaughan Dozier, Greater Cayce- West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Wade McGuinn, Tiffanie Flagler,  McGuinn Homes, Bruce Stevens, McGuinn Homes, […]

Suspect Wanted in West Columbia Murder.   The West Columbia Police Department is looking for an individual wanted in connection with a murder that occurred in the city on Oct. 12. Chief Dennis Tyndall stated that officers responded to 2100 Steele Drive in the city of West Columbia for a death.  Upon investigating the scene […]

Gamecock Head Coach Steve Spurrier has given a lot in his time at USC. There are unheard of bowl wins for the Gamecocks over Nebraska, Michigan, Wisconsin and Miami. Spurrier, at USC,  knocked off No. 1 Alabama and recorded wins over Top 10 teams, whereas before South Carolina was just road kill for the true […]

Cases related to the high-profile prosecution of former Lexington County Sheriff James Metts will be heard Thursday, according to a press release from the office of South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. Metts pleaded guilty in January to failing to process an illegal alien. He is serving a term of one year and a day in […]

Harvey Johnson loves to encourage children. He is a retired pastor and volunteer reader who goes to Pineview Elementary School to read to fourth-graders each Tuesday. This Tuesday, the children surprised Mr. Johnson with a birthday celebration. They helped Mr. Johnson mark his 90th year, the Pineview kids read for him and gave him cards […]

Raging flood water jerked Clara Gantt from the arms of Bradley Smith. Smith is a Swift Water Rescue Technician with the West Columbia Fire Department. “The current was so strong and she slipped out of my hands,” said Smith. He was in Columbia on the Sunday morning of Oct. 4. Lt. Sean Harshaw said the […]

Sonny Narang will withdraw, on Tuesday, from the West Columbia City Council District 6 race and endorsed fellow challenger Jimmy Brooks, according to a press release. “I truly believe West Columbia needs a fresh start. And I believe Jimmy Brooks could be that fresh start,” Narang said. Narang also said he did not want his candidacy to […]