Black Rooster opens in West Columbia at 5 p.m. Tuesday. It will “be in the “soft opening” mode,” this week according to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. The French restaurant is a brasserie or bistro-type establishment. It’s at the lower corner of the Brookland complex overlooking the scenic Congaree River, at West Columbia’s […]

Piecewise Coffee Company was surrounded by friends, family, local residents and community leaders, when it officially opened with a ribbon-cutting Monday. It’s at 2001 State Street, Cayce. Cayce Mayor Elise Partin and Mayor Pro Tem Tara Almond, with Executive Director Richard Skipper of the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber – and members of the Cayce City […]

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the individual who was found unresponsive sitting on a park bench Friday morning at the intersection of Montgomery Street and S. Holly Street, in the Rosewood section of Columbia. Hunter Craig Hollingsworth, 58, of Grove Lane, West Columbia, was found deceased at approximately 8:30 a.m. […]

West Columbia Mayor Horton presented a resolution from West Columbia City Council recognizing Dr. Shirley McClerklin-Motley for her 70th Birthday.  McClerklin-Motley  was also recognized for her accomplishment of attaining her PhD in Social Work, and recent retirement.

Need to drop off old electronics, papers to shred, household waste materials, and Goodwill Industries International, Inc. donations? The next Recycling Drop-off Event for County of Lexington residents will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, at Lexington High School.

Lexington County Fire Services units responded to a commercial structure fire in the 4300 block of Augusta Road just before 4:30 a.m. Friday. Upon arrival, units could see smoke coming from the structure. Firefighters made short work in extinguishing the fire and preventing it from destroying the building that is the home of Palmano’s Pizzeria […]

It’s Tax Free Weekend in Cayce, West Columbia, Lexington County and all of South Carolina. Clothes, computers, and school supplies are on the list of items that can be bought with no sales tax charged. South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday and lasts until Sunday, August 2 – 4. During the Tax Free […]