According to a release from the West Columbia Police Department, roads and areas that are closed in the City of West Columbia because of flooding or trees, include: 1600 Charleston Hwy. 2000 Platt Springs Rd. 200 Alexandria St. Thornton St. at Hammond Ave. 1200 Charleston Hwy. Botanical Parkway 600 C Ave. Marble St.

SCE&G is opening Lake Murray Dam gates, Sunday morning, to keep water at a safe level. The water will be released through a spillway gate system. Lake Murray is currently an elevation of just under 358 feet. SCE&G’s goal is to keep the lake below 360 feet, according to information from SCE&G. With the release of […]

CLOSED MONDAY Oct 5 Lexington School District Two and Lexington School District Four.    

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives have charged a West Columbia man and a Lexington woman in connection with a fatal shooting last night in Red Bank. According to arrest warrants, Marion Wade Frye, 29, is charged with murder in the shooting of Joshua Miles Prine. Frye is also charged with possessing a firearm during a […]

Brookland-Cayce lost in the third overtime to Aiken in football Friday night.  The score was knotted at 14 after regulation. Each team scored a TD and an extra point in the first OT. Neither score in the second overtime. In the third overtime BC got the ball first, after missing a 24-yard field goal in […]

The Airport Eagles defeated Swansea Friday night. The win is the Eagles’ first Region victory, and improves the team to 6-0, 1-0 in the conference. Swansea falls to 2-4 and 0-1 in the conference. Swansea had a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Airport scored the next three touchdowns in the […]

South Carolina is 2-4 in 2015, after a 24-14 loss to Missouri, Saturday. And if USC does not improve a lot quickly, there may not be many more winnable games on the schedule. The Gamecocks’ performance Saturday was downright boringly ugly. Allowing sacks, missing key tackles and playing with an offense that was all but […]