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City of West Columbia Labor Day Office Closing and Sanitation Schedule

The City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2018, in observance of Labor Day. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. The City of West Columbia will not collect household garbage items or recycling on Monday, September 3, 2018. Customers normally receiving sanitation services on this day […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies investigating fatal shooting

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened in West Columbia Friday night. Deputies responded to a reported shooting in the 100 block of Riverbend Drive around 11 p.m. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found one gunshot victim who later died from his injuries. That victim has been identified […]

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West Columbia restaurant owner charged with tax offenses

A West Columbia restaurant that usually has lines waiting to get in, was closed Friday. And there is a reason. Jeremy Chavis, the owner of Jackson’s Southern Kitchen on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia, has been charged with four counts of tax evasion. He was arrested Friday, according to a S.C Department of Revenue release. […]

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Body recovered from Irmo pond, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified a body recovered from a pond in the 100 block of Pale Ivy Lane at approximately 3:30 p.m. Sunday. According to Fisher, the body of Mr. Tao Gao, 42, of Irmo was recovered by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team. No foul play is suspected at this […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies investigating fatal shooting

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened in West Columbia Friday night. Deputies responded to a reported shooting in the 100 block of Riverbend Drive around 11 p.m. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found one gunshot victim who later died from his injuries. That victim has been identified […]

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West Columbia restaurant owner charged with tax offenses

A West Columbia restaurant that usually has lines waiting to get in, was closed Friday. And there is a reason. Jeremy Chavis, the owner of Jackson’s Southern Kitchen on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia, has been charged with four counts of tax evasion. He was arrested Friday, according to a S.C Department of Revenue release. […]

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Body recovered from Irmo pond, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified a body recovered from a pond in the 100 block of Pale Ivy Lane at approximately 3:30 p.m. Sunday. According to Fisher, the body of Mr. Tao Gao, 42, of Irmo was recovered by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team. No foul play is suspected at this […]

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Brookland-Cayce, Airport resume rivalry, Friday

Two high school football teams, very familiar with each other, play Friday. Airport hosts Brookland-Cayce in a non-conference game 7:30 pm. It is the first of two games between the two teams. Friday’s game is not a Region 5-4A conference game, but the two teams are in the same conference. Brookland-Cayce moved up to 4A […]

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