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 […]

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 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  

The Brookland-Cayce High School Honors Choir performed in New York City, Sunday. The choir sang in Carnegie Hall. The BC Honors Choir left for New York Thursday, according the the BC Choir schedule. The choir will return Monday.

Airport defeated Orangeburg-Wilkinson 35-27 and Brookland-Cayce upset No. 1 seed Hanahan, 34-31 at Hanahan.  Both games were round one of the 3A State playoffs. Airport is now 10-1 and will travel to No. 1 Hartsville next week in the second round. BC will travel to Georgetown next for round two. The Airport playoff win was its first […]

West Columbia Opens Portions of Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater After Flooding. The City of West Columbia  has opened portions of the Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheater on Friday. The amphitheater and nearby walkways are open for visitors. The park has been closed due to flooding.  West Columbia Public Works […]

After 24 years, West Columbia City Councilman Eric Fowler will finally miss a meeting. Fowler has retired from council. His last meeting was Monday. In almost two-and-a-half decades on council, Fowler never missed a meeting. “I’ve been healthy all my life. It’s only by God’s grace that I have been able to serve for so long […]