Have seen the changes at the old Maurice’s Piggie Park Barbecue site across from the Walmart entrance on August Road, in West Columbia? It’s beside Ruby Tuesday. The barbecue restaurant has been closed a while. According to West Columbia City Councilman Mike Green, responding to a constituent’s inquiry, a Take 5 oil change station will […]

The Bureau of Land Management in West Columbia is sponsoring a “Bring Home Your Own Wild Horse or Burro” event Oct. 9 and 10. It’s at the South Congaree Arena, 395 Oak St. South Congaree. Adoptions and sales begin at 9 a.m. on Friday (Oct. 9.) The event begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. […]

West Columbia’s Meeting Street Artisan Market has been a very beneficial venue in a time of coronavirus crisis. It’s open from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturdays at 425 Meeting Street, behind the Terra restaurant and inside of West Columbia’s Interactive Art Park. There is plenty of City of West Columbia free parking, too. […]

West Columbia City Councilman Mike Green posted an unofficial vote count document from Tuesday’s special election for Cayce City Council Dist. 1. The vote count shows candidate Tim James with a one-vote lead over Tiffany Aull. James had 190 votes and Aull had 189, according to the document. The document is from Mary Brack of […]

The Lexington County School District One’s Board voted Tuesday to bring pre-kindergarten through second-grade students into school for face-to-face instruction four days a week (Monday–Thursday.) Fridays will remain as stay-at-home virtual class days. The addition of more in-person class days will begin Oct. 5. Also, some students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) and some English […]

Units from the West Columbia Fire Department, along with EMS, were on the site of the Family Dollar store on sunset Boulevard at Hummingbird Drive in West Columbia, Tuesday afternoon. Smoke could be seen coming from the west rear side of the building.West Columbia police rerouted traffic coming out of Westover Acres away from the […]

Lanes were closed on I-20 at mile marker 56, the Cedarcrest Road overpass, after a tractor-trailer crashed into the bridge supports and caught fire. The collision Sunday resulted in the death of Benjamin Edward Parker, 44, of Douglasville, Ga. All lanes have been reopened, but Cedarcrest Road is closed at the overpass, according to a […]

There candidates have filed to run for the District One Cayce City Council Seat. Those candidates are Tiffany Aull, Tim James and Megan Lightle, according to Mary Brack, Director of the Lexington County Registration and Elections office. The election for the office is Tuesday. Tara S. Almond, the current District One representative, has resigned from […]