The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 16-year-old Bella Pierce. they want to bring her home, safe. Family members told deputies they last saw her July 20 when she left her West Columbia home about midnight. She has some family in Blythewood.Bella, whose full name is Evelyn Isabella Pierce, is 5’9” and she weighs […]

The Springdale Police Department is holding a special dedication ceremony in the memory of Faye Marie Swetlik. It is at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22 at Benton Park, 2915 Platt Springs Rd. Little Faye, is the six-year-old Springdale Elementary School student who went missing from her Churchill Heights home in Cayce on the afternoon of […]

West Columbia’s Interactive Art Park opened in September of 2019. Carraway Children’s Park opened two months later. Despite a year marked by the coronavirus crisis, the parks are now getting rave reviews. Click here to see a list of West columbia Parks “We love this park,” said Will Warren of West Columbia. He was speaking […]

The article below is featured in the West Columbia Newsletter. Click here for a link to it West Columbia is a great place to live and the real estate market is red hot.“The West Columbia market is very busy,” said real estate agent Melissa Sprouse Browne, of SC Realty. She also owns the Real Estate […]

A multi-vehicle collision has left one person dead in Richland County, said Master Trooper David Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.The incident occurred around 10:40 p.m. Monday. According to Jones, a 2015 Nissan Altima, a 2012 Dodge Avenger, and a 2018 Ford Fiesta were traveling eastbound on I-20 when the Altima slowed down in […]

From Anna Huffman – City of West Columbia – The City of West Columbia has released their community video created by CGI Communications, Inc. The community video program will help to promote the City of West Columbia to new families, residents, and businesses. The videos can be found on the City’s website https://www.elocallink.tv/m/v/player.php?pid=w9Q4N5B1p11&fp=scwestco20_wel_rev3_iwd Throughout the series […]

There will be school busses on the road Tuesday. Students return for the first day of the school year 2020-21. Photo is of Riverbank Elementary School teachers. Lexington School District Two teachers reported to school in August. Students have the option of attending class in-person two days of the week, this year, because of the […]

S.C. State Treasurer Curtis Loftis may be looking for you. He said there is more than $650 million in unclaimed property, of residents in South Carolina, that the treasurer’s’ office has access to. Photo of Curtis Loftis is from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, where he won an award. “The chances are pretty good that […]