Month: July 2019

Man charged with stealing West Columbia Police car

West Columbia Police Arrest Suspect for Burglary and Grand Larceny of a Police Vehicle The West Columbia Police Department responded to a Burglary in progress on White Avenue in the City of West Columbia. When Officers arrived on scene, the suspect matching the description fled the scene on foot through the woods and a pursuit […]

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Bricks and Stones Pizza Company opens in West Columbia

Bricks and Stones Pizza Company, serving authentic New York-style pizza, held its grand opening Saturday. The new restaurant is in Woodberry Plaza at 3230 Augusta Road in West Columbia. It’s in the Big Lots shopping center. Bob and Terry Close of West Columbia are the owners of Brick and Stones is owned. The pizza made […]

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1 dead after cars runs into a house, driver ejected

One person is dead after a car ran off the road and hit a house, Sunday. The crash happened at 6:35 p.m. Sunday on SC 6 in Lexington County, according to Cpl Judd Jones of the S.C Highway Patrol. The car was traveling west on when it went off the right side of the road, […]

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REMINDER – City of West Columbia Blood Drive is Tuesday – 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.

The City of West Columbia is sponsoring an American Red Cross Blood Donors Drive, Tuesday, July 30th, from 2-7 PM, It’s at the West Columbia City Hall New Brookland Room, 200 N 12th Street, West Columbia Make an appointment: redcrossblood.org, Code: Chamber #wecosc Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber

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August is coming to West Columbia, with Tax-Free Weekend and Brookland closer to completion

August is almost upon us, and with it comes some important events. The first day of school in Lexington School District Two is Aug. 19. And the 2019 Sales Tax Holiday, according to the South Carolina Department of Revenue, is Aug. 2-4, next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In West Columbia parents and students can buy […]

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Repair of Springdale’s flood-damaged Wilton Road to begin in the fall

A part of Wilton Road was washed out in the flood of October 2015. Now it is going to be fixed. Construction to repair Wilton Road will begin in the fall, according to the S.C. Department of Transportation’s Tony Edwards, program manager for the Wilton Road Project. “We are in the pre-construction planning stage now,” […]

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Cayce’s American Engineering Consultants launches new website, celebrates 25 years

Celebration of doing business in the Midlands and throughout South Carolina Cayce, SC – American Engineering Consultants, Inc. is celebrating its 25th year of providing the highest standard of excellence in civil engineering and surveying to our clients! AEC’s roots go back nearly 50 years when its parent company, Hercules Contractors and Engineers, Inc., was formed. […]

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Man gets 15 years for felony DUI with injury in Lexington County

Joseph Edward Swearingen, III, a 24-year-old Lexington County man, pleaded guilty Tuesday to Felony Driving Under the Influence with Great Bodily Injury and Possession of Cocaine – Second Offense. Swearingen received the maximum sentence of 15 years on the Felony DUI charge followed by four years of probation on the Possession of Cocaine charge. There […]

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