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The effort to build two cofferdams on the Congaree River is taking shape. If you ride across the Gervais Street Bridge, you can see it. Dominion Energy has contracted a company to build the cofferdams so that coal tar from long-closed oil plant can be cleaned from the river bottom. The work site is on […]
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The City of Cayce passed its 2022-2023 budget Tuesday with a unanimous vote. The $16.7 million budget includes a property tax increase of 4.7 percent. According to a flyer released by the City of Cayce, the tax increase amounts to less than $18-a-year on every $100,000 of assessed value of a home. Cayce City Manager […]
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Tubing down the Saluda River, to the Congaree, may be the most popular tradition of a West Columbia summer. Sometimes hundreds a day tube the clear waters of the rivers, riding the rapids, ending up at West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Palmetto Outdoor Owner Michael Mayo tracks the location of those who come to tube. They come from […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball Mohawk team (ages 13-14) defeated Gilbert 12-0 Tuesday night.The team will represent District 4 in the state tournament in Bluffton beginning on Saturday, July 9.
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The Lexington Police Department needs to identify an alleged shoplifter who took over $1,500 of meat from Lowes Foods on Sunset Boulevard on May 4. Police said the alleged shoplifter left the parking lot in the four-door sedan. Contact Detective Heath at 803-951-4642 or email [email protected] with information. (Link to report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LexingtonPD/status/1538881597092638721/photo/1
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West Columbia’s True BBQ, 1237 D Ave., is scheduled to reopen Friday (June 24) after being closed for eight months. Hours will be 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Milton Zanders announced the reopening on Facebook. Click here to see announcement The restaurant will offer take-out only, with no dining in. Menu includes: chopped barbeque; the […]
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The West Columbia Fire Department, the Cayce Fire Department, Lexington County Fire Services and Irmo Fire District crews worked a house in the 2400 block of Leaphart Road of West Columbia, Monday. The fire was extinguished and and put under control with only minor damage to the structure. There were no reported injuries.
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The West Columbia Fire Department, the Cayce Fire Department and Lexington County Fire Services responded to a house fire on Ross Street, Monday. The fire was extinguished with only minor damage reported by the WCFD. One occupant of the home was treated on the scene by the Lexington County EMS.
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