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News release from City of Cayce The City of Cayce and Mayor Elise Partin are asking our local churches to cancel services and organizations to cancel any events planned for today. The SC Emergency Management Department has given emergency alerts asking for all residents to be alert of flooding. And we are asking for all […]
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President Signs Emergency Declaration for South Carolina WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available to the State of South Carolina to supplement state, local, and tribal response efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on October […]
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South Carolina is 2-4 in 2015, after a 24-14 loss to Missouri, Saturday. And if USC does not improve a lot quickly, there may not be many more winnable games on the schedule. The Gamecocks’ performance Saturday was downright boringly ugly. Allowing sacks, missing key tackles and playing with an offense that was all but […]
Read More >>The City of Cayce has released (below) the following information related to current weather conditions. The Congaree River has risen to almost 10 feet. The Riverwalk and all City Parks remain CLOSED. We expect heavier rains throughout the day. Thus far, Cayce has no reports of flooding or road closings. We have additional staff at […]
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The Airport Eagles defeated Swansea Friday night. The win is the Eagles’ first Region victory, and improves the team to 6-0, 1-0 in the conference. Swansea falls to 2-4 and 0-1 in the conference. Swansea had a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Airport scored the next three touchdowns in the […]
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Brookland-Cayce lost in the third overtime to Aiken in football Friday night. The score was knotted at 14 after regulation. Each team scored a TD and an extra point in the first OT. Neither score in the second overtime. In the third overtime BC got the ball first, after missing a 24-yard field goal in […]
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Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives have charged a West Columbia man and a Lexington woman in connection with a fatal shooting last night in Red Bank. According to arrest warrants, Marion Wade Frye, 29, is charged with murder in the shooting of Joshua Miles Prine. Frye is also charged with possessing a firearm during a […]
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West Columbia Officials Close Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheatre The City of West Columbia will close the Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheatre on October 2, at 4 PM in preparation for potential hazardous conditions that may arise from heavy rains this weekend. The undeveloped lot adjacent to the amphitheater will also […]
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