Month: January 2019
The City West Columbia has embarked on a series of green initiatives as a part of an improvement effort, including placing recycling and trash receptacles in highly foot trafficked areas throughout the city. As the recipient of the PalmettoPride Community Pride grant and a DHEC grant, the City of West Columbia was able to install […]
Read More >>A shooting investigation was underway Sunday evening, adjacent to a convenience store in 3800 block of Highway 321, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to the store at approximately 7:20 p.m. after reports that two people were shot. Both were taken to the hospital with injuries. The LCSD said they were told […]
Read More >>Lexington County Fire Services and Lexington County EMS units responded to the 200 block of Mockingbird Drive in Lexington Saturday morning in reference to a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, heavy flames and smoke were observed coming from the home. Fire units began working to put out the blaze from the exterior of the house. […]
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The West Columbia Police Department has a good reputation in the community it serves. “We respect the people in the community, and they know it. And the respect is mutual.” said Capt. John Norman of the WCPD. He said he experiences first hand the support of the work of the department. “Especially in the last […]
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Roger Sipe, Lexington Medical Center’s Senior Vice President of Operations, gave a facilities construction update at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday. LMC is coming to the end of a $400 million expansion project that adds a 10-floor tower, 545,000 square feet, 192 beds, eight operating rooms, and 20 specially designed […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, issued a statement on the results of the autopsy of Vanessa Biery, Wednesday. She said “It is the opinion of the pathologist that Mrs. Biery died of an undetermined cause.” Biery was found deceased in her home on May 1, 2018. Click for link to original story Director of the […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released the results of an autopsy performed on Vanessa Biery, wife of Dr. Adam Lazzarini. Her death was originally reported in May. According to Fisher, the autopsy was conducted May 3, by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. It is […]
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Cole Epting of Gray Collegiate Academy was named Student of the Month, Tuesday, at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. Epting is pictured with Chamber Executive Director Richard Skipper and Gray Collegiate Principal Dr. Brian Newsome. The meeting was held on the campus of Lexington Medical Center, Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia.
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