AROUND CAYCE, SPRINGDALE & WEST COLUMBIA

The City of Cayce released a reminder to residents who are wondering what to do with discarded Christmas trees.

Thanks to Keep the Midlands Beautiful for putting together the Grinding of the Greens Program. There is a drop off site in Cayce.

Take your tree to 3241 Charleston Highway. The hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 7 am until 7 pm., Sunday hours are 3 pm until 7 pm.

Keep the Midlands Beautiful will turn your tree into mulch. You can drop your tree off until Jan. 11. Drop off the tree and come back for your mulch the next day.

Some of the Riverwalk was open last week. Stay tuned to see when all of it will be reopened.

The Congaree River was at 9.47 feet a week ago. The river was expected to crest at 18.80 feet on Monday morning (New Year’s Eve).

Because of the high river, Phases 1, 2 and 3 (From the Blossom Street Bridge to the Thomas Newman Boat Landing) had been closed. But the City of Cayce cleared, cleaned and opened Phase 4 and the Tim-merman Trail. City officials reminded River-walk users to take extra caution because of the amount of water in the area.

Two Pine Ridge Middle School students have qualified for a place in the state wrestling tournament. Trey Neil qualified with a first-place finish and Anderson Richbourg qualified with a third-place finish. The state competition will be at River Bluff High School January 12.

Did you know that Sgt. Bill Hobbs and Cpl. Nic Beza of the Lexington Police Department helped deliver a baby in a vehicle in a Lexington parking lot, on Dec. 18? The parents, on the way to Lexington Medical Center, had to take a detour because of a blocked interstate. According to a LPD report the baby is “healthy, happy and will always have a unusual birth story to share.”