State Trooper Gabriel M. Colbert  of Lexington County, received the South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year award. He was chosen from among 13 other nominees from around the state. Colbert, assigned to Troop One/Midlands, was recognized for his efforts in saving the lives of three out-of-state motorists, including a 2-year-old child, during the “1,000 […]

From the Office of the 11th Circuit Solicitor: A Lexington man, William Thomas Embree, 37, of 364 Happy Town Road in Gaston has been sentenced to prison for the crimes of Voluntary Manslaughter and Kidnapping in the 2011 disappearance and murder of 22-year old Michael Jody George,of West Columbia. The Honorable Roger Couch sentenced Embree […]

From the office of the 11th circuit solicitor:  A Lexington County couple has been sentenced to prison following the death of their 10 week old infant daughter. Jordan Hodson, age 36, and Sara Elizabeth Hodson, age 35, were given a stern prison sentence for committing fatal child neglect which led to the infant’s death on […]

Ground was broken for Cayce’s Courtyard by Marriott Hotel, Wednesday morning.    SpringBridge Development, LLC is building the hotel, with a tentative open date of fourth quarter, 2016. The proposed Courtyard by Marriott will join a new corporate development hub in SCANA’s Otarre Pointe Development located at the I-77/I-26 intersection. The property will be positioned not […]

Cayce’s Walmart Neighborhood Grocery could be open by end of June Cayce City Manager Rebecca Vance said the Walmart Neighborhood Grocery being built on Knox-Abbott Drive at Charleston Highway in Cayce, could be completed by the end of June. Vance addressed the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. The meeting was held at […]

Pine Ridge Police Officer Frankie Neeley was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Month,  Tuesday morning  at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia  Chamber Breakfast. Pictured are: Pine Ridge Mayor Davis Busbee, Neeley, Pine Ridge Police Chief Billy Parker, and Chamber Board President Vaughan Dozier, of First Community Bank, sponsor of the Law Enforcement Officer of the […]

The City of West Columbia was charged close to $9 million for upgrades to Columbia’s sewer treatment plant. To help pay for that expenditure, a study by American Engineering Consultants (AEC) in Cayce found that a 16 percent across-the-board increase in water and sewer fees is needed. Currently West Columbia has the lowest water/sewer fees […]

The October flood of 2015 will cost the City of West Columbia at least $1.39 million. And Riverwalk will not be fully repaired until 2017. The flood waters ripped the pedestrian walkway under the Gervais Street Bridge in two and damaged the trellis at the Bridgepoint Condominiums, on Riverwalk. Mark Waller, the city’s director of […]