Ground was broken Tuesday for a 36,000-sq-ft Goodwill facility on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. It will be double the size of the existing the Goodwill store on Meeting Street in West Columbia, according to Pat  , President and CEO of Goodwill Industries Upstate/Midlands South Carolina. The new building, when it’s done, will employ 40 people, […]

The Brookland-Cayce High School alumni threw a 100th birthday party for Mr. Earl Williams, Tuesday. Williams birthday is not until Sept. 27. It will be celebrated at Brookland United Methodist Church in West Columbia. But the Brookland-Cayce alumni group that meets monthly at Ocean View Seafood Restaurant in Cayce presented Williams with a cake, and […]

The City of Cayce has benefits for retirees. SmartAssets listed Cayce as one of the Most Tax Friendly Places to Retire in South Carolina. The City of Cayce ranks at No. 9 out of 270 cities and towns in the state. The city of Cayce announced the designation in a release Wednesday morning. “Our City is a great […]

The Board of Trustees of Lexington School District Two will conduct their Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday, September 17, at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia.   The proposed Agenda is attached.  Notices and Agendas are also posted on the District’s website, www.lex2.org / Board […]

WCPOF Golf Tournament Sponsorships are now available for the West Columbia Police Officers Foundation Golf Tournament. The cost of sponsorships range from $150 to $2,500. Start making plans now. It is the Third Annual Tournament and it’s Oct. 19 at Indian River Golf Club. It’s a shotgun start Captains Choice four person team event. The proceeds […]

Chuck Oree, of House of Raeford, has always been open to opportunities. Twenty-five years ago the plant in West Columbia offered him a job. He took that offer and turned it into a career of distinction. Oree has served his company at every level of management. For the last six years he has been the […]

Former Brookland-Cayce Football Coach Bettis Herlong will be inducted into the South Carolina Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December. Herlong died in 2003. Herlong won 197 games from 1950-1980 at Saluda, Aiken, Johnston (Fla.), Strom Thurmond. He won a state title at Brookland-Cayce in 1966. Keith Chapman, who coaches now at Newberry College, […]

The River District members began meeting in early 2015. It is a collection of businesses – dining, retail and services – in the Vista area of West Columbia. Its goal is to draw customers to the unique shops and attractive restaurants that populate an area from State Street to 12th Street. “We want to make […]