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Cayce-West Columbia Rookie Ball Dixie Youth Baseball Team wins championship

The Cayce-West Columbia Rookie Dixie Youth Baseball Team defeated South Spartanburg Tuesday. With the win the C-WC Rookie Ball Team is the 2022 District 4 State Champions. The game began at 10 a.m. and was played at the State Tournament in Orangeburg.

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Cayce West Columbia Dixie Youth Coaches Pitch Baseball is runner-up in District 4

The Cayce West Columbia Dixie Youth Coaches Pitch Baseball team lost, 13-10, in the District 4 Division 2 championship game against Gaston’s coaches pitch team 13-10. The game was played Wednesday night.Cayce West Columbia ended the season as District 4 Division 2 runners-up. Gaston will move on and play in the State Tournament.

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Lexington County Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trafficking Heroin

Angel Misael Ibarra, a 24-year-old man, has been sentenced to twenty-five (25) years in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Trafficking Heroin, 28 grams or more; Possession of a Weapon during a Violent Crime; Unlawful Carrying of a Pistol and Possession of Methamphetamine. Circuit Court Judge Debra R. McCaslin imposed a sentence of […]

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Obituary – The Reverend Dr. Charles Ward Easley of West Columbia

The Reverend Charles Ward Easley, DD (Pastor Easley) of West Columbia died on May 27, 2022. He celebrated his 91st birthday on Wednesday, May 25. Charles was born to the late Laura Louise Colbert Easley and Lefflette Teed Easley on May 25, 1931 in Georgetown, SC. Pastor Easley graduated from Winyah High School, Newberry College […]

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Airport High School held its graduation ceremony, Friday

Airport High School held its graduation ceremony for the Class of 2022 Friday morning at Eagle Stadium. Family and friends, along with school and district administrators, board members and other elected officials, and Airport High faculty and staff turned out to recognize the accomplishments of the nearly 300 graduates in the Class of 2022.  Airport’s […]

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West Columbia’s Lydia Pettit signs to play volleyball at the college level for Lees- McRae

Lydia Pettit has signed to play volleyball at the college level for Lees-McRae. Lydia is graduating from Brookland-Cayce High School and she is the daughter of Kevin and Jessica Pettit of West Columbia. She signed her college letter-of-intent at a ceremony with her parents and Coach Jerry Dorneker of Intense Volleyball.Lydia plans to major in […]

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Brookland-Cayce’s Sara Corley signs a to play rugby with Newberry College

Senior Sara Corley signed a letter of intent to play rugby with Newberry College. She has been a member of the soccer team at Brookland-Cayce. Corley participated in a signing ceremony Monday at the school. Coaches, teammates, fellow students, and family members attended the event, which was held in the arena’s Hall of Fame room.

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Gray Collegiate is 1 win away from playing in state baseball finals

Gray Collegiate defeated Chesterfield, 9-6, Saturday in the state high school baseball playoffs.With the game tied at 1, the War Eagles scored five runs in the top of the third inning to go up 6-1. On Wednesday, Gray will play the winner of a Monday elimination game. The War Eagles will go to the state […]

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