Airport High School has a 4A classification in athletics for 2016. As a 4A team the Eagles host crosstown rival Brookland-Cayce Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Bob Mooneyhan Field. Those two teams have played each other twice in the past, but with Airport’s move to 4A, BC is still 3A, Airport and the Bearcats play […]

After the flood of last October ripped a hole in Botanical Parkway, the local beavers saw their chance. As county officials waded through the arduous process of obtaining permits, conducting surveys and finding funding, to fix the million-dollar gash in the West Columbia road to Riverbanks Zoo, the vibrating teeth of the Botanical Beaver Crew […]

Lake Marion at BC has been postponed, until 10 a.m Saturday. Other high school football games have been postponed due to severe weather Friday night, too. Gray Collegiate at Gilbert is postponed til 11 a.m. Saturday. At BC, in Cayce, lightening and rain drove fans to cover at about 7:30 p.m.- after the National Anthem had been […]

BC beat Lake Marion 49-8 Saturday morning. The Bearcats were ahead 35-0 at halftime and scored to open the third quarter after recovering the kickoff . The game was never close. The bigger opponent seemed to be the heat during the daytime game- that was moved to 10 a.m. Saturday- after an electrical storm hit […]

The West Columbia Beautification Foundation (WCBF) held its Tribute for Trees event Thursday evening. It’s a fundraising effort to sponsor tree and plant projects in West Columbia. The WCBF sells trees to contributors and raised $17,000 during the Tribute for Trees last year. The amount raised this year appears to have exceeded last year’s total. […]

Three Lexington School District 2 middle schools received Palmetto Silver Awards, Thursday, and one Palmetto Gold Award was presented. Busbee, Pine Ridge and Fulmer Middle received Silver and Northside Middle received Gold. The awards were presented at Lexington 2’s Board meeting, Thursday night. The Palmetto Silver and Gold Awards program is designed to recognize schools for […]

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is reporting a fatal accident that occurred near Pelion Thursday evening. Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of the SCHP said a 2012 Tractor Trailer traveling west on US 178 close to Fairview and Water Tank roads collided with a Ford SUV travelling east. The driver in the Ford SUV was killed. […]