NEWS

City of Cayce offices will be operating on a normal schedule, Monday

City of Cayce Offices will be Open and operating at normal hours starting Monday morning. City trash and recyclables will be picked up according to normal hours this week. Please note that our City staff has been working around the clock and will pick up debris as quickly as possible! City Parks will reopen tomorrow; […]

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20,000 without power in Lexington County

There were 10,010 homes in Lexington County with no power around 7 a.m. Saturday, according to SCE&G. By 8:45 a.m. there were close to 20,000 without power in Lexington County. The company anticipated 100,000 outages from Hurricane Matthew. The category 2 hurricane brushed the coast near Hilton Head overnight.

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David Arnold pledges $10,000 to WCPD for five years

David Arnold gave the West Columbia Police Department a $10,000 donation in August. Tuesday night, he said he plans to give a lot more. Capt. Scott Morrison, of the WCPD, presented Arnold with a resolution during the West Columbia City Council meeting. It thanked Arnold for his $10,000 donation.  When Morrison finished reading the resolution, […]

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I-26 back to normal- lane reversal ends, transit evacuation services ending

SCDPS Director Leroy Smith advises that all lanes on I 26 should be back to normal around midday. And all transit agencies are ending evacuation services.  As Hurricane Matthew approaches the state, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has announced that all transit agencies along the South Carolina coast will be discontinuing emergency and evacuation […]

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SCE&G prepares for 100,000-plus power outage, major massive storm

S.C. Electric and Gas officials are expecting 105 mph winds, a storm surge of 10-to-12-feet and a foot-to-15-inches of rain from Hurricane Matthew. SCE&G President Keller Kissam spoke at a press conference Friday afternoon, where he offered assurance. “We are prepared for this event,” Kissam said. He said the utility company has a personnel force […]

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South Carolina and Georgia will play on Sunday

South Carolina and Georgia will play on Sunday – instead of Saturday- at Williams-Brice Stadium. The day change was announced Thursday night. Game time and TV information has not been announced. The game is being changed because of Hurricane Matthew heading toward the state. The latest forecast track from the National Hurricane Center shows Matthew making […]

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SCDOT to end I-26 lane reversal Friday 

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), in conjunction with our partners at DPS, SLED, DNR, and National Guard, plans to remove the lane reversal on I-26 tomorrow morning, Friday, October 7, 2016. The process for returning I-26 to normal operations will begin by law enforcement stopping traffic from entering the reversed lanes at I-526 […]

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Airport, Brookland-Cayce football games postponed until Nov. 4

Brookland-Cayce was scheduled for a big showdown at home with Gilbert, and Airport would be hosting North Augusta. But those high school football games won’t happen Friday. There have been postponed until Nov. 4, thanks to Hurricane Matthew. The South Carolina High School League announced this week that the high school football season will be […]

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