AROUND CAYCE, SPRINGDALE & WEST COLUMBIA

The Brookland-Cayce High School JROTC marched in the 41st annual City of Columbia Veteran’ Day parade Nov. 11. Also in the parade was U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson. There were veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Korea, and Iran.

Some came in wheelchairs, others hobbled to a spot on the curb to see the procession. The veterans embraced each other, waved, saluted and smiled. Many accepted thanks from the spectators that lined both sides of Sumter Street.

Columbia’s parade, one of the Southeast’s largest, started at 11 a.m. went down Sumter Street from Laurel to Pendleton.

Several veterans visited Riverbank School Nov. 8. Brookland-Cayce honored some of the school’s veterans Friday morning in an assembly, and East Point Academy in West Columbia held a veterans program, too.

A part of I-20 west bound was blocked, Wednesday morning (Nov. 13) at the 58 mile marker due to “Black Ice,” according to Master Trooper David Jones of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The blockage was in Lexington County. The black ice caused six collisions, said Jones.

Nov. 14, snow and ice was reported on I-20, from mile marker 51 to 61, by the S.C. Department of Transportation. No lanes were closed. I-26 East was blocked at mile marker 107 Thursday morning while SC Highway Patrol cleared an 8 vehicle crash.