Dr. Carolyn Fisher-Mercer and Dr. Barbara Nickel were the 2015 inductees into the Brookland-Cayce High School Education Foundation Educator Hall of Fame, Thursday. Fisher-Mercer said she was grateful to be able to help her students become the people they were meant to be. Nickel, a special education teacher, expressed her thanks that she and her […]

Miss South Carolina made a stop in West Columbia, Friday where she offered some advice to young people. “Make decisions that get you where you want to be,” said Daja Dial. She spoke to eighth-graders at Northside Middle School. Dial is from Spartanburg and she is a Clemson University student, taking the year off from […]

Carlos Jovany Hernandez, of West Columbia Columbia, has been charged with sexual assault. The charge comes  after a University of South Carolina student told police that she was raped near the USC campus early Saturday morning. Hernandez, 21, was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. He turned himself in, Wednesday morning, according to  Columbia Police Chief […]

A tornado touched down in the West Columbia area Wednesday between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. It was seen north of the South Carolina State Farmer’s Market. The tornado was rated as an EF-0 – the weakest level of tornado It was between 50 and 75 yards wide. Some […]

Release from South Congaree Police South Congaree Police Department is pressing felony charges on Tammy Lawhorne Bedenbaugh for filing a false police report of a felony. Bedenbaugh called police on October 27, 2015, stating her home was broken into by her ex-husband, and once inside the home he tied Bedenbaugh up and sexually assaulted her. She […]

The City of West Columbia’s website has been updated to include a Civic Web Portal, to help residents connect to municipal agendas and minutes. The new feature makes it easier for the public to get information and request service. With the CivicWeb Portal, users can incorporate any electronic communication device to search through the city’s archive of documents for information […]

The City of Cayce agreed to fund a building to add office and storage space. Currently Cayce’s parks and sanitation directors share an office. Personnel of those two department don’t have training space either, Shaun Greenwood, Cayce’s assistant city manager told C ayce City Council Tuesday. The city is storing its Christmas decorations in a […]