Month: June 2022
From Anna M. Huffman -Communications and Technology Director: The City of West Columbia City Council continues to make property maintenance and cleanup a priority. The City recently identified a property that was severely littered with debris and garbage and was a public safety issue. The lot was not inside city limits and was not required […]
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The Fourth of July is Monday. The Independence Day celebration tradition can be traced back to 1776 and the American Revolution. The Fourth of July has been a federal holiday since 1941. The City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed Monday in observance of July Fourth. And even though July Fourth is not until […]
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The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce recognized West Columbia Police Officer Chuck Sharpe as the first recipient of the “Setting the Barr” award in honor of the memory of fallen Cayce Police Officer Drew Barr. Barr was killed in the line of duty in April. The designation is sponsored by Dominion Energy and will […]
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One person has died after a crash on Old Dunbar Road, near Creekside Road. The collision occurred around 8:15 a.m., Tuesday, according to Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2009 Honda, four-door, was turning left from Creekside Road, onto Old Dunbar Road, when it was struck by a 2001 Ford Fusion […]
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Ellen Weaver, chairwoman of the SC Education Oversight Committee and CEO of Palmetto Promise Institute, won the Republican Party nomination for SC education superintendent, in a runoff election Tuesday. Weaver defeated Town of Lexington Councilwoman Kathy Maness. She is the executive director of the the Palmetto State Teachers Association. Maness’ office is on State Street […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia Rookie Dixie Youth Baseball Team defeated South Spartanburg Tuesday. With the win the C-WC Rookie Ball Team is the 2022 District 4 State Champions. The game began at 10 a.m. and was played at the State Tournament in Orangeburg.
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The widening and improvement project of an 11-mile portion of I-20, southwest of Lexington, in Lexington County has been completed, according to a release from the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The interstate was expanded from four to six lanes from marker 60.6 west of US 378 (Sunset Blvd.) to mile marker 49.8 west of […]
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The South Carolina Primary Runoff elections are today (Tuesday, June 28.). Polls ae open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Run-off includes: Superintendent of Education (R) Kathy Maness Ellen Weaver Lexington County State House District 40 (R) Tammy Johns Joe White U.S. Senate (D) Catherine Fleming Bruce Krystle Matthews
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