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A Gaston woman pleaded guilty today to calling in a bomb threat last year to Lexington County’s Marc H. Westbrook Judicial Center. Julie Ann Riddle-Gonzalez, 64, said she called in the threat in October 2014 to avoid going to court to face a fraudulent check charge. The building was evacuated and no bomb was found. […]
Read More >>The Brookland-Cayce Cheer Squad qualified for the state competition Saturday. As a result the BC Cheerleaders will compete next Saturday. The squad is coached by Alicia Dickerson. More details later. CLICK: Video of BC Cheer Squad competition
Read More >>The Brookland-Cayce High School Honors Choir performed in New York City, Sunday. The choir sang in Carnegie Hall. The BC Honors Choir left for New York Thursday, according the the BC Choir schedule. The choir will return Monday.
Read More >>Airport defeated Orangeburg-Wilkinson 35-27 and Brookland-Cayce upset No. 1 seed Hanahan, 34-31 at Hanahan. Both games were round one of the 3A State playoffs. Airport is now 10-1 and will travel to No. 1 Hartsville next week in the second round. BC will travel to Georgetown next for round two. The Airport playoff win was its first […]
Read More >>West Columbia Opens Portions of Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater After Flooding. The City of West Columbia has opened portions of the Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheater on Friday. The amphitheater and nearby walkways are open for visitors. The park has been closed due to flooding. West Columbia Public Works […]
Read More >>After 24 years, West Columbia City Councilman Eric Fowler will finally miss a meeting. Fowler has retired from council. His last meeting was Monday. In almost two-and-a-half decades on council, Fowler never missed a meeting. “I’ve been healthy all my life. It’s only by God’s grace that I have been able to serve for so long […]
Read More >>Airport gets a playoff home game and Brookland-Cayce will hit the road. Both Region 5, 3A teams are in the state high school football playoffs. Airport, 9-1, will take on Orangeburg-Wilkinson. O-W is 4-6. It is a home game for Airport. Brookland-Cayce, 4-6, will travel to play at Hanahan, 8-2. The playoff games are Friday […]
Read More >>Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives are asking for the public’s help as they investigate a series of armed robberies at a West Columbia convenience store. Investigators said the first robbery at the Scotchman in the 2900 block of Sunset Boulevard happened Oct. 6 when a black male suspect went into the store about 2:15 a.m. […]
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