Did you see – or hear- a helicopter flying low in West Columbia Wednesday?  The helicopter is part of power line work being done by SCE&G and its contractors. At times traffic on Sunset Boulevard was halted as the helicopter crew strung line from one newly installed, high-capacity power pole to another. SCE&G is adding […]

A lot of changes are going on in the life of Micah Caskey. The former combat U.S. Marine left his position as a prosecutor in the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office three weeks ago. On Tuesday he will find out if he will be elected to S.C. House Seat 89. It is the seat left vacant by […]

Lexington County Councilman Ned Tolar is slowly recovering after being in an accident two weeks ago. The crash occurred when Tolar was turning left at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Old Cherokee  Road in Lexington. His car was hit on the driver’s side by another vehicle. Tolar suffered three broken vertebra and damage to one of […]

The Brookland-Cayce Cheer Team won the Forest Acres Cheer Classic at AC Flora High School, Wednesday. The win comes after the Brookland-Cayce team finished second in the in Saturday’s Lake Murray Invitational. The team has four first-place finishes and one second place in five competitions. The biggest challenge of the season comes Saturday at the Debbie […]

The City of West Columbia invites you to the Fall Back Festival on the 100 Block of State Street on Friday, November 4, 2016, from 5 PM – 8 PM. The event will feature live music from Stillhouse, food from the Wurst Wagon and other local businesses. There will be live street mural paintings by […]

  Gilbert at Brookland-Cayce is even bigger now than it was. The game is for the 3A Region 5 crown. It was scheduled for Oct. 7. Due to Hurricane Mathew, the game was rescheduled for Friday. The game time was changed to 7 p.m. “This game is big. We’re really excited for the challenge,” said […]

Students enrolled in the B-C Grammar School No. 1 and  Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology’s After School Care Programs are invited to “Dinner” daily at no cost! The Child and Adult Care Food Program is a Federal nutrition program offered through the Department of Social Services that helps to improve the nutritional quality of […]

West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman, left, Firerfighter H. Howell, Chief of Operations  Marquis Solomon,  right, Presented a donation of more than $4,900  to Tara Heil, Executive Director, Greater South Carolina Muscular Dystrophy Association. The money was raised by WCFD personnel during the 2016 Muscular Dystrophy Boot Drive. The presentation was made during the West Columbia […]