NEWS

West Columbia’s Curtis Loftis is Donald Trump’s landlord

The country’s richest landlord is renting space in West Columbia.  South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has not endorsed a candidate for the GOP nomination for president. But he does have a candidate renting office space from him. The campaign office of Donald Trump, frontrunner for the Republican nomination, is leasing space in a building on […]

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UPDATE: Missing girl found, says Cayce Public Safety

Elka Makenna James Elka James has been located and returned to her family, according to a release Sunday evening from the Cayce Public Safety Department. Initial report: The Cayce Department of Public Safety is currently seeking assistance in locating Elka Makenna James. Miss James (pictured) is a 14-year-old white female that has been reported as a runaway […]

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Sun’s out, Cayce Riverwalk, Phase IV, Timmerman Trail open

Cayce Riverwalk, Phase Four and the Timmerman Trail are now reopened. The City of Cayce announced the reopening of the riverside recreational trail Monday. It had been closed due to heavy rains. On Sunday Cayce published “A big thank you to our Parks Department and Cayce staff for working to get the Riverwalk open on […]

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Nathan Walton, BCHS’s swimmer extraordinaire

Brookland-Cayce Sophomore Nathan Walton is at the top of his game. He is an extraordinary swimmer, who is seeing the results of years of hard work. Walton won the state high school championship in the 100-meter butterfly event in October. He was the State Champ in the 100 back in the Short Course State meet […]

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Coroner releases report in fatal car-pedestrian accident

An autopsy was performed on January 7th, and showed that Mr. McLeod died of massive internal injuries to the upper body. The driver of the vehicle that struck Mr. McLeod was not injured. The Lexington Police Department is asking for anyone who may have witnessed the accident to come forward with any information they may […]

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Lexington Police asking for witnesses in fatal accident

Officers of the Lexington Police Department are investigating a fatal traffic collision involving a pedestrian that occurred in the 500 block of Gibson Road in Lexington on Wednesday, at approximately 12:50 p.m. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the pedestrian who was killed in the collision as Ellie Jerome McLeod Jr. of Lexington. The […]

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Nathan Walton is BCHS’s swimmer extraordinaire

Brookland-Cayce Sophomore Nathan Walton is at the top of his game. He is an extraordinary swimmer, who is seeing the results of years of hard work. Walton won the state high school championship in the 100-meter butterfly event in October. He was the State Champ in the 100 back in the Short Course State meet […]

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West Columbia represented at National Championship game in Arizona

Clemson in a National Championship game is something West Columbia’s Bill Mooneyhan could not resist. “You just can’t miss a game this big,” Mooneyhan said. “It doesn’t happen very often.” Mooneyhan, with his son, Billy, flew out of Columbia Friday morning, headed toward Phoenix. There, Clemson will showdown with Alabama, Monday, at 8:30 p.m. The […]

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