The chances were slim. As a ninth-grader, the probability that Brookland-Cayce’s Patrick McNeil would be picked as a North-South All-Star Game offensive lineman didn’t look good. But McNeil has been picked for the game that will be played in Myrtle Beach, Saturday. Three years ago, McNeil was about 5’8″ tall […]

Cayce’s District Two City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem, Skip Jenkins,has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2016 Public Safety & Crime Prevention committee. This committee is responsible for developing NLC federal policy positions on issues involving crime prevention, corrections, substance abuse, municipal fires, juvenile justice, disaster […]

Saluda River Academy’s Arts Unlimited Performs at Holiday Wishes Event Arts Unlimited from Saluda River Academy for the Arts was invited to perform on Saturday, December 5th at the Annual Holiday Wishes sponsored by the Survivor Outreach Services of Fort Jackson. The performing group presented Christmas music and the “Armed […]

AIRPORT JROTC DRILL TEAM WINS 6th PALMETTO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP  The Airport High School JROTC Drill Team won its sixth ALL ARMY PALMETTO STATE DRILL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP last Saturday. The Team will represent South Carolina in the 4th Brigade Best of the Best in February in Hickory, NC.  The Drill Team placed: 1st […]

Slowly the landscape is changing. The West Columbia Beautification Foundation (WCBF) is transforming areas of the city. At its October meeting, members of the West Columbia Beautification Foundation voted to plant a row of trees along Sunset Boulevard, near the Jarvis Klapman overpass. The trees were planted in front of […]

During the Lunch and Learn event Wednesday, the West Columbia Fire Department (WCFD) presented a check to the Lexington Medical Center Foundation. The money collected by the WCFD is to go to fund the fight against breast cancer. Lunch and Learn is a program of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of […]

The Gulf gas station that stood at Meeting and State in West Columbia is still there. But it has been remolded, and re-fitted. The old building has lots of its old structure kept to add to the integrity of the building. But a lot has changed too. Karen Hoover has […]

Two Lexington County men have been arrested on charges stemming from a burglary at Gilbert Elementary School and another burglary at a business near the school. According to arrest warrants, Gary Ryan Lybrand and Kameron O’Brine Swygert, both 18, have been charged with multiple counts of burglary and criminal conspiracy […]

The first phase of a S.C. Electric and Gas dig on the Congaree River has produced no Civil War artifacts. “SCE&G recently completed the first phase of the Congaree River remediation project, during which several hundred metallic objects were removed from the soil along the shoreline,” said Ginny Jones, senior […]

Airport High School Linebacker Zach Feaster is one of the most-intense players you’ll see. And as the high school football playoffs wind down, and all-star games are played, it’s a good time to reflect on what Feaster brought to his team. “He’s one of the toughest players I’ve ever coached in […]