Airport High School Teacher Jessica Metts was named the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Teacher-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. Jessica is a physical education teacher. She challenges her students to participate in fitness activity, and she joins them in exercising, in order to […]

Airport High School JROTC Instructor Sgt. Major Harry Ferguson was named Teacher-of-the-Month  for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. His highly awarded Drill Team is ranked third nationally, and two of the cadets in Ferguson’s program are national champions. He is pictured with AHS Principal […]

Mayor Michael Bishop wants you to do more than just slow down in Springdale. He wants you to stop. “There are 17,000 cars a day coming through Springdale,” Bishop said. “We need to give them a reason to stop.” Bishop, and Springdale Town Administrator Jeff Stillweell spoke at the Greater […]

Airport High School’s Tatiana Staley was named Student-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. She is a senior and will attend Duke University next year, and major in biomedical engineering. Tatiana is a drum major in the Airport Band, and she plays the flute. […]

Airport High School’s James Heustess was named the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Student-of-the-Month for May, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. James is a volunteer at Camp Nehemiah, where he helps encourage participants. James has a 3.67 grade-point-average and he is on the Airport Baseball team. […]

A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size 11. Also being collected […]

County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the two-vehicle accident at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, (May 22.) The crash took place in the 200 block of Gardners Terrace Road in West Columbia. The woman killed was  identified as Natasha Lindell Smith, 37, of Columbia. […]

Northside Middle School recognized the Students-of-the- Month in April and May. For May they are: Zaynah  Ahmad; Emma Shows and Kylee Donnelley. Nick Shelly West Columbia State Farm Insurance agent, right, sponsors the NMS Student-of-the-Month.  The April Students of the Month (profiles pictured)  are: Christopher Mills; Taylor Ashley and Tradd Castles.  

Personnel from the West Columbia Police Department, West Columbia Fire and EMS were on the scene at Augusta Road, at Dreher Road, Monday. An accident that took place just after 1 p.m. slowed traffic. Capt. Scott Morrison of the WCPD said the accident involved four-to-five vehicles. There were no serious […]