Month: August 2023
The City of West Columbia has released its August-September Newsletter. It includes a message from Mayor Tem Miles and members of the West Columbia City Council. Click for link to Newsletter The newsletter also includes features about: Midlands Orphan Relief, About Face Wellness and spa and Barbara Jane’s Boutique.
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died at the scene of a house fire that occurred in the 500 block of Pleasant View Drive in Lexington shortly before 6:30 AM. on Saturday, Aug. 5. According to Fisher, Mrs. Shelia Denise Turner, 70, of Lexington, was pronounced dead at the scene. An […]
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West Columbia Police Department is asking for help to identify the man in these photos. The WCPD is investigating a burglary that took place on McSwain Drive this week.If you know who he is or recognize the vehicle, please contact Investigator Shumpert at 803-936-6274 or get a cash reward by submitting an anonymous tip to […]
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On Jan. 17, a gunman held police officers at bay from the fifth story of the Hilton Garden Inn in West Columbia. After a six-hour stand-off that resulted in the closing down of Sunset Boulevard and many other restaurants and businesses in the area, the gunman was taken into custody with no one being killed. […]
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Investigators from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department were on the scene, Thursday, in the 200 block of Longs Pond Road looking into what led up to a shooting that injured a man. Based on preliminary information they’ve gathered, shots were fired after two women and two men were fighting. One man was shot in the […]
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The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has been working since Wednesday night to locate Neville and Bre Ritchey. Their foster father told the Sheriff’s Department he was the last one to see the siblings near their Rose Hill Court home. All signs point to the boy and the girl leaving home together and willingly.Deputies don’t have […]
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Daniel Scott Burgess, 39, of West Columbia, was sentenced to 6.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute over 40 grams of fentanyl. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that between November 10, 2018, and September 5, 2021, law enforcement from various jurisdictions in Richland, Lexington, and Berkeley Counties […]
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The new school year is upon us. Teachers returned to school on Monday (July 31) and students will report for the first day of class on Monday, Aug. 7. There are several Lexington County School District Two schools in West Columbia. The district is comprised of 8,641 students in grades pre-kindergarten-to-grade-12. Also, Gray Collegiate Academy is a charter […]
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