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West Columbia is warming up as spring is upon us. As the weather improves, there is the opportunity to get out and enjoy everything in West Columbia, including city-sponsored events and restaurants where you can sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. The Meeting Street Music Fest was April 17-18. A crowd of 7,500 flooded […]
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Senior Investigator Ash Aldridge was recognized as the Officer of the Quarter by West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce the West Columbia City Council at the city’s Regular Council Meeting on Tuesday, May 5. Boyce said Aldridge “consistently leads by example, serving as a trusted mentor to newer investigators while managing the department’s largest caseload […]
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Planning to get in the river? Be sure to check the latest water quality results first. This week the Midlands Rivers Coalition began its tenth season of recreational water quality monitoring of the major rivers in the Columbia area. The monitoring includes 11 sample locations on the Lower Saluda, Broad, and Congaree Rivers. The testing is […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Michael Mickels, Jr., (age 18) of Fredericksburg, VA, on two charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Virginia State Police also assisted with […]
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The Cayce Police Department is sharing its April traffic stats to highlight the diligent work being done each day by the police department and CPD’s Traffic Enforcement Unit and patrol officers to help keep Cayce’s streets and roads safe. Cayce Police responded to 70 collisions in April. There were 23 “Hands Free” or use of […]
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The latest mural from West Columbia’s Mural Grant Program is complete! Check it out at JJs Place SC on Meeting Street. Before it was finished West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles stopped by to check out the work in progress and snap a few pictures with the business owners Janice Caldwell and Andrew Reininger and artists […]
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Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center – BLEC is distributing food boxes to senior citizens and healthy boxes to families in need. Eligible Lexington County residents aged 60 or older can receive a 25 lb. box of nonperishable food items. Next Distribution Date | May 8, 2026 Location | 1218 Batchelor St., West Columbia, SC 9 AM – […]
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Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green would like to update the greater Town of Lexington community on the kidnapping of the 17-year-old Sema’j Corvin Gardner that happened on the night of Sunday, May 3, 2026, when two Black males, armed with handguns, burglarized a home on the 900 block of Hendrix Street in the Town of […]
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