West Columbia City Council voted to designate the property at 130 State St. as “Historic Property” at its Tuesday council meeting. With the designation, the building receives “Special Property Tax Assessments for Rehabilitated Historic Properties.” The property at 130 State was – for years- the home of Clark’s Beauty Shop. The popular two-story, half-brick, half-tile storefront location, […]

Lexington District Two announced today that Ms. Chesley Geyer, a third grade teacher at Pineview Elementary School, has been named the 2016-17 Teacher of the Year. Ms. Geyer, a 20-year veteran of Lexington Two, was selected by a community panel of judges. In May, she was nominated by her peers at Pineview Elementary School to […]

There will be an Alzheimer’s Awareness FunRaiser  at the Columbia Presbyterian Community on Saturday (Sept. 10.) It’s at Jasmine Place (at the Memory Support Neighborhood) 700 DeVega Drive in Lexington- (just off of Sunset Boulevard at I-20.) There will be Music, a Yard Sale, Food, Raffles, Games and More. Contact: 803-227-8342 or www.PresHomeSC.org

A West Columbia man and a Cayce woman have been charged in connection to a homicide that happened last month on Double Branch Road in West Columbia.  Roscoe Holmes III, 23, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Andy McMillan during the morning of Aug. 18, according to arrest warrants. “We obtained […]

The Brookland-Cayce High School C-Team took on Irmo in football, Wednesday at the BC Stadium in Cayce. It was a beautiful afternoon for football and the BCHS Cheerleaders C-Team, comprised of students from Busbee Middle School and Northside Middle School, were there to cheer on the team. They were successful, as the BC-C Team defeated […]

West Columbia City Council sounded like it was issuing a goodbye to a longtime friend. Jason Jones – Bogart’s owner – was thanked for the restaurant’s leadership and commitment to the community at council’s meeting, Tuesday. Bogart’s, that has operated at 530 12th St. since 2002, has to vacate its building by Oct. 9, to […]

Tips for communicating with members of the Latino community was the topic of Chamber Chat Wednesday. Vanessa Mota, of Mota Intellectual Services, spoke about eliminating the stress when dealing with clients who mostly speak a foreign language. Mota said the number of Latino businesses and clientele is growing in the Cayce-West Columbia area. Mota also teaches […]

The West Columbia Beautification Foundation’s  Quarterly Appearance Award was presented to Elizabeth Dunham, right, of CresCom Bank by WCBF  Chairwoman Melissa Sprouse Browne. CresCom was the award winner for the Third Quarter. The award was presented Wednesday morning at the WCBF’s regular meeting.