After beginning the season at 8-0, Airport lost its first game of the season, Friday. Midland Valley defeated the Eagles by a score of 33-28. At one point, Airport was down 33-14, and made a comeback. But it fell short when Airport QB Josh Tucker was sacked on a 4th and 17 from Airport’s 36. […]

Phase One and Phase Four of Cayce’s River walk reopened Saturday (Oct. 24.) Phase One is from from the North Avenue entrance to the Blossom Street Bridge. Phase Four is from the Thomas Newman Boat Landing to the Timmerman Trail. The reopenings were announced in a City of Cayce press release, Friday. Heavy flooding of the […]

Airport is 8-0 and plays Midland Valley at Airport, Friday at 7:30 p.m. Midland Valley is 4-4. The Mustangs defeated Brookland-Cayce at Midland Valley last week by a score of 21-7. Airport recorded a 35-0 home win over Gilbert in its last game. The winner is likely the Region 5-3A champion. Brookland-Cayce is at Swansea Friday night. The […]

The 111 luxury apartment complex being built on Knox-Abbott Drive in Cayce has a substantial visual impact. Coming across the Blossom Street Bridge, or Knox-Abbott Bridge, depending to whom you are speaking, the complex stretches from the Congaree River to Axtell Drive. Much of the frames for the first buildings have been constructed. And the […]

The River District 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. And one of the River District’s projects is the placing of […]

Greater Lexington Chamber of Commerce CEO Randy Halfacre will  retire. Greater Lexington Chamber and Visitors Center announced Thursday that President and CEO Randy Halfacre has decided to retire effective at the end of the year. Halfacre spent seven of his nine years at the Chamber also serving as the mayor of the Town of Lexington. […]

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was in West Columbia, Friday. Rubio – a Florida Senator – is running for the Republican nomination for president. He was the guest of the Conservative Leadership Project, and S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson. The event was hosted in the Brookland Baptist Church gymnasium. “We’re going to be in South Carolina a […]

Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) of West Columbia has gotten the “Award of Excellence.” “We are very proud that our school received the Award of Excellence from the South Carolina High School League,” said Todd Helms, GCA’s executive director. The award was given to Gray for the 2014-2015 school year. It is for sportsmanship, ethics and […]