Newly elected West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton was elected chairman of city council, Tuesday. Councilman Tem Miles nominated Horton for the chairman position. No one else was nominated. Councilwoman Casey Hallman nominated Teddy Wingard for mayor pro-tem. Miles nominated Dale Harley. Harley was elected pro-tem in a 7-2 secret ballot. Controversy surrounded the council chairman […]

More plans for an “iconic” development called Brookland were revealed Tuesday evening. Matt Mundy said, of Estates, Inc., told of a project – to be built at the corner of State and Meeting in West Columbia – that will be a visual event to traffic coming toward it. He said the plan is to make […]

Airport Boys win 63-52 at Strom Thurmond. Brookland-Cayce Boys win at home over Orangeburg-Wilkinson, 70-54.

The Brookland-Cayce Bearcats open the 2015-16 Varsity Basketball season Tuesday. The Bearcats are at home for their first game. BC hosts Orangeburg-Wilkinson at 7:30 p.m.

The West Columbia Police Department has been helping feed the needy at Thanksgiving for 19 years. The police department, this year, began asking for food donations at the end of October. The department tries to offer meals to people in the community who are found to be in desperate need. Sometimes the best meal a […]

More people than expected showed up for the Springdale Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony last year. “I was blown away by the number of people who came out,” said Springdale Mayor Michael Bishop. He said he estimated the crowd to be 500. Bishop said he hopes to see just as much response this year. The Town […]

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is thanking Facebook followers, who identified two suspects in a financial fraud-related  case.  Xanthe Amanda Smith, 28, has been arrested and is facing multiple charges of financial fraud. According to arrest warrants, Smith has been charged with four counts of financial transaction card fraud, four counts of financial identity fraud and […]

Last week westmetronews.net ran a photo of West Columbia (or New Brookland)  officials. The photo was taken in 1937 at 103 State Street, in what is now called West Columbia. It belongs to Bill Mooneyhan of Mooneyhan’s Auto Repair in West Columbia. Much of Mooneyhan’s family has a history as civic leaders in the area. Levi […]