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West Columbia is a great location for Savage Hair Studio

The following article is included in the June-July edition of the City of West Columbia Newsletter – Click here for a link to the newsletter: West Columbia attracts a lot of new business, Savage Hair Studio at 841 Meeting Street, West Columbia, is one of those new businesses. Brooke Rakowsky opened Savage Hair Studio in […]

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UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring, says sheriff

Lexington County deputies arrested five UPS employees last week in connection with guns stolen from the shipping company’s hub in West Columbia. Byron Burke, 19, Jalen Green, 19, Dishon Kinney, 18, Kenyon Peters, 18, and Tre’von Williams, 19, are charged with breach of trust, according to arrest warrants. Kinney and Peters are also charged with […]

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Airport High School fishing team finishes in the top 10

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – One of Airport High School’s fishing teams finished in the top 10 in the 2019-20 Lower State High School Bass Challenge, Airport’s highest-ever season finish, and two other school teams placed. The pairing of Tanner Schultz and Jacob White finished 9th out of a field of […]

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Palmetto Outdoor debuts “Tandem Tubes” for trips down the Congaree River

Palmetto Outdoor now has tubes for river floating that will hold two people in the same float. Michael Mayo, Palmetto Outdoor owner announced the tubes Tuesday. “For years, customers have requested tandem tubes,” said Mayo. “Until now, the quality has not been to our standards but now Star rafts have designed a model that we […]

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Overturned vehicle blocking lanes on I-26

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is reporting a crash on Interstate-26 westbound at Exit 116. Around 1:30, Tuesday, two left lanes were closed. A view from a SCHP interstate camera shows a truck or a camper overturned.

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Crash causes traffic delay in Lexington Tuesday morning

The Lexington Police Department reported a collision on Sunset Boulevard in front of the Target shopping center around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday. the crash was affecting all lanes of traffic. The collision was caused by a driver disregarding the stop light because she was distracted by her pet who was in the vehicle, according to the […]

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Do you know where the State Bank used to be in West Columbia?

This is a photo of the State Bank and Trust Company location in West Columbia in 1967. The photo came from an ad in the 1967 Airport High School Yearbook that is in the possession of Bill Mooneyhan. The building still exists and there is a business in the building currently. Do you know is […]

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Contributed by Joey Yandle: How God used hard times in life to grow a Southern church

Below is an article that ran in American Steeples Magazine: https://americanasteeples.com/ – It was submitted by Joseph Yandle of Brookland United Methodist Church in West Columbia. From Joey Yandle – Coronavirus? Covid-19? Those words are very frightening to most! Over the past few months, that is all we have heard – from the news media […]

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