From Lynne Douglas – Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Columbia Metropolitan Airport has announced the selected artists for its 2020 – 2021 Art in the Airport Program. Over 115 submissions were received from local artists reflecting the impressive talents of the art community. Four artists were selected to exhibit their artwork for the upcoming season: o   Christopher Garvey […]

Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the COVID crisis? No new COVID-19 deaths were reported for Monday The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control reported 14 SC COVID-19 deaths Monday, but all occurred at an earlier date. DHEC also announced: Lexington County had 33 new positive test results.And no deaths were […]

The Lexington County Library is several opening branches, including the Cayce – West Columbia branch, to the public during the following hours:Monday – Thursday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM. The branch is at 1500 Augusta Rd. West Columbia. Also open are: […]

The Cafe Strudel food truck will be at WECO Bottle and Biergarten Thursday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. WECO is at 626 Meeting St., West Columbia. Stop by the biergarten on Thursday to enjoy the mobile offerings of West Columbia’s Iconic Cafe Strudel. Philly Cheese Steaks, Chicken Phillies, Strudel-Style Cuban Sandwiches, Wing Baskets and […]

From the Columbia Police Department – At approximately 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, a Columbia Police officer on patrol in the 2100 block of Bull Street detected a strong odor of smoke and saw a dense layer of fog hovering in the area. Columbia Fire Department crews were already approaching the scene of the Babcock Building, […]

Several grassroots organizations are planning to gather at the SC Statehouse, at 10 a.m., Tuesday, to tell lawmakers that it is time to end COVID restrictions and open up the state, fully. The demonstrators do not want the governor to make any additional Executive Orders adding COVID 19 prohibitions. They also want mask mandates to […]

Multiple crews responded to a fire at the historic Babcock Building in the Bull Street area of Columbia, Saturday morning. Fire fighters were attacking the fire from the outside of the building. EMS was also on scene, according to the Columbia Fire Department. The first crews responded sometime after 6:30 a.m. There was heavy fire […]

Multiple SC Grassroots organizations representing hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians will be gathering at the SC Statehouse, Tuesday, said Pressley Stutts, chairman of United Patriots Alliance. The rally is to tell lawmakers that it is way past time to open up the State of SC fully by removing the governor’s authority to make additional […]