Franks Car Wash has opened at 1707 Charleston Highway in West Columbia. It’s the old site of Ryan’s Steak House. According to the company’s website there are 16 Frank’s Car Wash locations in South Carolina. The chain of car washes includes locations in: Orangeburg; Summerville; Ladson; Sumter; and Greenwood; in addition to Richland and Lexington […]

A Riveras Supermarket is open into in the Airport Square Shopping Center on Airport Boulevard in West Columbia. The new store has produce, meats, bakery items and all groceries. It even has some housewares. Riveras is where the Save-a-lot used to be, adjacent to the former Kmart store and across from Piggy Park BBQ. The […]

The SC Department of Natural Resources is stocking thousands of catchable-sized trout into the lower Saluda River that flows by West Columbia. The fish placed in the river in the DNR photo were put into the river around the middle of December The SC Department of Natural Resources stocks nearly 30,000 trout each year in […]

Three football players from Gray Collegiate Academy have been named to the SC Football Coaches Association’s All-State team. Selected from the 2A Class are: Running back KZ Adams, wide receiver Chris Rhone and offensive lineman Elijah Young. All of Gray Collegiate. The War Eagles came within one game of playing for the State Championship this […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a four-vehicle collision that occurred at approximately 1:45, Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the SC State Farmers Market, in the 3400 block of U.S. 321, Charleston Highway, in West Columbia. Here’s a link to the initial story According to Fisher, Mr. Foster H. […]

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FROM IRMO FIRE DISTRICT – Units from the Irmo Fire District with West Columbia Fire, Lexington County Fire and the the Columbia Fire Department responded to an apartment fire Wednesday afternoon. There were six fire trucks and 30 firefighters at the blaze at River Oaks Apartments near the 5300 block of Bush River Road. As […]

One person died, Wednesday, in a Lexington County crash involving four vehicles on US 321, near the SC State Farmers Market. The collision occurred about 1:45 p.m., said Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2019 Dodge Charger, moving southbound on US 321, struck the back of a 1999 Honda van. The […]