County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the suspect who was shot and killed during the early morning hours of Tuesday, in the 1900 block of Lorick Street in Cayce. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher states that Demetrius Shelley Bryant, 21, of Columbia was fatally wounded in an officer-involved shooting incident in which two […]

Cayce City Manager Rebecca Vance, reported there has been a sewer spill that resulted in more than 5,000 gallons of sewage flowing into the Congaree River. It happened on Tuesday, at approximately 3 p. m. The  location of the spill is off of State Street, near Martin Marietta and the Cayce Riverwalk. Utility crews were dispatched […]

A Cayce Department of Public Safety News Release was issued by Sergeant Evan R. Antley at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday. On Tuesday, at approximately 1:45 AM two Officers with the Cayce Department of Public Safety were involved in a shooting incident near the 1900 block of Lorick St. The Lexington County Coroner reported that the 21 year old subject, […]

There was no dearth of talent Sunday night during the Rockin’ 4 Relief concert at Historic Columbia Speedway. Performers delivered one after the other. Benton Blount, of Greenville, is an America’s Got talent winner. He sung a deeply emotional version of Drift Away, first made popular by Dobie Gray in the 1970s. Blount also sung Can’t […]

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. […]

The quality of the music was high, but those who came to see Stevie Wonder, Sunday, left disappointed. Debra Cox, organizer of the Rocking 4 Relief concert, came on stage at about 8:30 p.m. and announced Wonder was still in Charlotte with his family, and would not play at the Historic Columbia Speedway as scheduled. Billy […]

The West Columbia City Council will hold a Special Council Meeting at 6 p.m., Monday at city hall, 200 N. 12th Street West Columbia. Here is a potion ot the agenda: 7.1. Council Member Tommy Parler, Re: Discuss City Ordinance on Littering 7.2. Mark V. Gende, Esquire, of Sweeny, Wingate, & Barrow P.A., Re: Storm […]

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