NEWS
A fifth-grade Cayce Elementary student is the winner of the 8th Annual Future Chef competition. Alexandria Neal-Guetchkov was the top chef in a field of 16 finalists, all fourth- and fifth-graders representing the district’s elementary schools in the March 7 event. Students prepared Mexican dishes, which were scored by a panel of three judges. Alexandria’s […]
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Remember this building. It’s at 228 N Parson Street. The building is still there, according to a Facebook post by the City of West Columbia. According to the photo, the property was called Colonial – Hites Company. It later became Colite Signs. The picture is from the mid 1950s, and is the City of West […]
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Hayley Martin was crowned Miss Bearcat. She was selected from a field of 27 candidates participating in the annual pageant, held earlier this month. In addition to Hayley, other pageant winners included: Miss Bearcat 1st runner-up: Claire Fingerlin Miss Senior: Jade Watford Miss Senior 1st runner-up: Allie Paige Thornton Senior Congeniality: Allie Paige Thornton Miss […]
Read More >>South Carolina Electric and Gas presented a plan to remove about 70 percent of the coal tar that is on the bottom of the Congaree River. The concentration of the tar is a stone’s throw from the Gervais Street Bridge. Under a new plan, the coal tar would be taken out of the river where […]
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Airport High School’s annual Camp Kemo fundraiser is in full swing last week (March 4-9) with a goal of raising $60,000 to send kids with cancer and blood disorders to Camp Kemo this summer. The event, in its 25th year, includes a slate of fun ways to raise money. On Wednesday, those included throwing pies […]
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Taste on the River experienced its best year ever. “It was the biggest one yet. It was the best attendance we have had,” said Melissa Sprouse-Brown, chairwoman of the West Columbia Beatification Foundation. The total raised at the third “Taste” on Feb. 26, was announced at the WCBF meeting Thursday. It was $16,625. Sprouse-Browne said […]
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Rieverbank Elementary School in West Columbia, via its Twitter account, is reminding everyone that Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend on Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m. Remember to Spring forward one hour.
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City Council Mayor Pro-Tem Tem Miles presented the Congaree Rapid Futbol Club SKY U18 Girls’ Soccer Team with a resolution for winning 1st place in their league, the James Island Tournament, and the GPS Lexington Tournament. The team finished the season by winning the 2018 Youth Soccer President’s State Cup Championship in January 2018 in […]
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