Month: April 2022
The Irmo Police Department investigated a collision Friday morning at Piney Grove and Saint Andrews Road, around 10:30 a.m., Friday. A vehicle collided with a train. There were no serious injuries reported by the IPD. Officers were assisted by Irmo Fire District and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department in an effort to control traffic. The […]
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A crash occurred at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Hummingbird Drive, around 10:30 a.m. Friday. A unit from the West Columbia Fire Department arrived on the scene and was checking out one of the occupants of a vehicle that was involved in the collision. West Columbia Police were also on the scene.
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Savage Craft Ale Works, the brewery at 430 Center St., West Columbia, has introduced its first canned brewed product. Hazy India Pale Ale is now available. It’s in an ornate and colorful black Galaxy Banger can that features an astronaut reaching for illuminated hanging hops. Steve Cohen, president of the WECO River District Merchants Association […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced the arrest of Jordan Keith Agee (age 22), and Michael Dewayne Elkin (age 52), both of West Columbia, on 14 total charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrests in these […]
Read More >>Jimmy Hofer is moving to Florida. And he has a house full of stuff to unload.Jimmy is a longtime member of the Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club.He is selling almost all of the items in the house. The house is in Chasehunt Farms, off of Bachman Road, across from Charwood Golf Club. The house has been […]
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Eco-tourism is vibrant in the City of West Columbia.In the last two years the number of people tubing down the Congaree River, to West Columbia’s Riverwalk. has increased by 65 percent. Tubers come from all over the United States for the opportunity to float, lazilly, in the cool and refreshing river water. “In 2020, during […]
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Personnel from the Lexington Police Department, EMS and Lexington County Fire Services were on the scene of a collision, right after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. The crash occurred at the intersection of West Main Street (US-1) and Swartz Road. As a result of the crash, outbound lanes were being diverted around the collision area and Swartz […]
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