Month: June 2018
The City of West Columbia passed first reading of its 2018-19 fiscal year budget last Tuesday. “This has been a long process the city has gone through,” said City Administrator Brian Carter. A general fund budget of $16,126,000 was approved along with a water-sewer budget of $17,150,000. Carter said department directors began submitting budget proposals […]
Read More >>Laurel Baptist Church is presenting Vacation Bible School from June 25-through-June 29. It’s for ages 2-years-to-sixth-grade. The VBS is from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The Vacation Bible School includes a pre-VBS dinner at 5 p.m. Laurel Baptist Church is at 2250 Pine St. West Columbia, SC 29170.
Read More >>Soda City and West Columbia’s Brookland development present the brunch every Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater. The Riverwalk Amphitheater is at 109 Alexander Rd, West Columbia.
Read More >>Nephron Pharmaceuticals Owner and CEO Lou Kennedy made a campaign donation to Lexington County Council District 8 Candidate Glen Conwell. Incumbent Ned Tolar is circulating an email calling on Conwell to return that contribution. Conwell is challenging Tolar in the June 12, GOP primary. Chuck Crouch is also a candidate. Kennedy is vocal in her […]
Read More >>A Swansea man has been charged in connection with a West Columbia bank robbery Wednesday morning. Timithy McCants, 58, demanded money by presenting a note to a teller at the First Citizens branch on Sunset Boulevard, according to detectives. He is charged with robbery and entering a bank with intent to steal, according to arrest […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department announced through a tweet that deputies responded to a bank robbery at First Citizens Bank on Sunset Boulevard around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. According to the LCSD Twitter account, crime scene investigators arrived around 10:30 a.m. to process the scene and look for any potential evidence inside the bank. One […]
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West Columbia Police Chief Dennis Tyndall has a lot of responsibility, and he is very clear about it. “My job is to keep the citizens of West Columbia safe,” said Tyndall. “To do that I have to hire the appropriate people and provide them the resources for our officers to do their jobs.” Mayor Bobby […]
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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden shared some images of the zoo’s newest baby gorilla with Kazi, the infant’s mother. and Cenzoo, the daddy gorilla. The zoo reports that the baby gorilla and the rest of the family troop are doing well as of Tuesday morning. The infant was born at 8:10 a.m. on Monday, zoo officials annpunced. […]
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