A suspect identified as Michael Todd Slater of West Columbia has been arrested and charged by the Cayce Department of Public Safety with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree and two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor third degree. Slater was taken into custody without incident Wednesday  morning […]

South Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from September to October at 3.3 percent, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce monthly report. Lexington County had the second-lowest unemployment rate in the state at 2.8 percent. Richland County’s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent (same as the statewide average) was the 17th lowest, of South […]

Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green is seeking the assistance of the local community in locating a missing person who was last seen recently in the Town of Lexington. Corey David Dubose, age 32 of Leesville, was dropped off by family members at a business on the 100 block of US-378 on the afternoon of Monday, […]

The Lexington Police Department continues to investigate a collision that  resulted in a fatality. The crash  occurred Thursday,  at the intersection of Augusta Road/US-1 and Morgan Drive.  The LPD provided updated information on the crash via Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. At approximately 7:15 a.m., officers of the Lexington Police Department responded to a vehicle collision […]

The West Columbia Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater is open from the Amphitheater to the south end (toward Cayce) of the Riverwalk. The Moffatt Street entrance to the West Columbia Riverwalk remains closed due to flooding.