Hood Construction has put a sign on the site where a new Goodwill facility is to be built in West Columbia. The store will be at the corner of Klapman Road and Sunset Boulevard. The plans call for a 35,000-square-feet building. westmetronews.net Report about the Goodwill store Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina has not announced […]

After a tough 42-37 loss last week, to rival Airport, Brookland-Cayce will be at home Friday night. The Bearcats (1-1) take on Batesburg-Leesville. Game starts at 7:30 p.m. Airport (1-0) will go across the river to play at Dreher. Jim Baxter, high school sports reporter, is reporting that Airport QB Brett Burnett is out, and […]

This is a location in West Columbia. The building does not  look the same today, but it is still standing. Do you know where it is; and what it looks like now?    

South Carolina trailed North Carolina most of the night, in the opener in Charlotte Thursday, but the Gamecocks defeated the Tar Heels 17-13. It was not pretty, but it is a win. When the Gamecocks needed plays, if got them. The biggest one came with just more than three minutes left in the game. The […]

The “Wine Down with Beginnings” Friend-raising Summer Event was held last Friday at McGee Auction Gallery, in West Columbia. Beginnings SC, based in West Columbia, is a non-profit that was formed to bring awareness about childhood hearing loss to members of the Midlands’ community. Beginnings executive director is Cara Senterfeit. The “Wine Down” Friend-raiser featured […]

From Kay Joseph, Lexington School District 2 Tonya Fryer, the principal at Saluda River Academy of the Arts (SRAA) in West Columbia, was contacted Tuesday evening by  George Crowe.  Crowe wanted  Fryer to recognize one of her students who helped save the life of his grandmother on Monday. Crowe’s grandmother had fallen in her yard […]

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