Month: February 2023
Lots of rain over the weekend, into Super Bowl Sunday resulted in swollen streams and a high water level on the Congaree River. These videos are from the Gervais Street Bridge and Botanical Parkway in West Columbia. The cofferdam at the bridge is filled to the brim with water. A portion of Riverwalk was closed, […]
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The portion of the West Columbia Riverwalk from the Moffatt Street Entrance, 100 Riverside Drive, West Columbia, to the West Columbia Amphitheater is temporarily closed due to flooding.
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Irmo Fire District units were on the scene of a vehicle accident on Piney Grove Road, just off of I-26, Saturday. The collision involved injuries and several suspects fled from one of the vehicles. Two lanes were closed while emergency personnel tended to the victims and law enforcement investigated the hit and run. Traffic was […]
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A crew from the SC Department of Transportation was in the Westover Acres neighborhood of West Columbia Friday morning, just after 11. There were two trucks on the job. The crew was filling pot holes on Cardinal Drive at Redbird.
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The City of West Columbia’s Bark West Dog Park ribbon cutting will be at 4 p.m, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, at 1940 Augusta Road, West Columbia. Bark West is the newest totally pawsome unleashed dog park in West Columbia with designated small and large dog areas. The park includes an activity course and places […]
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Nearly 70 middle and high school musicians have been selected for the 2022-2023 Lexington Two Honor Band. It’s the Honor Band’s fourth year for middle school students, who auditioned for a seat and will now have the opportunity to work with Daryl Byrd, band director at Crayton Middle School and the Richland 1 Lead Band […]
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Firefighters from the Irmo Fire District, along with units from Lexington County Fire, Columbia Fire and West Columbia fire, extinguished a kitchen fire, Thursday night, in an apartment building in the 200 block of Woodland Village Drive. The fire did substantial damage to one apartment, but was stopped before it could damage any adjacent units. […]
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A panel featuring alumni from the former Lakeview School, today the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center, visited Brookland-Cayce High School this week to share their school experiences as part of Black History Month. Among those on the panel were Will Hutto, president of the Greater Lakeview Alumni Association; Bennie Sulton, chair of the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center Board […]
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