National School Choice Week is this week. To commemorate the occasion, U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson was in West Columbia to tour East Point Academy (EPA.) “Speaking Chinese will open so many doors for you,” Wilson told students at the school that focuses on the teaching of the Chinese language Thursday. There is an EPA campus […]

The West Columbia Fire Department responded to a report of a jumper from the Jarvis Klapman Bridge around 6 p.m. Monday. Emergency crews from West Columbia and Columbia performed a rescue effort, but no one was found. The search was called off after 7 p.m. Officials will continue to investigate to determine if there was an […]

A pair of suspects in the armed robbery of a Lexington County business are also wanted for attempting to fraudulently use checks reported as stolen from the same business. According to Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives, two Hispanic males robbed the La Gaviota Grocery on Augusta Highway on Jan. 10. The suspects took some cash and […]

Batesburg Man Arrested on Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor charge  South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brannon James Hall (DOB: 1994) of Batesburg, South Carolina on six (6) charges connected to sexual exploitation of minors.  The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the state’s ICAC Task Force, made the […]

The big snow storm of 2016 has not produced much in Cayce and West Columbia. Many anxious kids, who really wanted to see snow, get to see a little. Early Saturday morning, there was some snow on rooftops, and some snow stuck to cars, but there was not much else.

The food pantry at LICS has the ability to better serve clients. “We were given some freezers from Lexington County,” said Anna Smith, director of community relations for Lexington Interfaith Community Services, or LICS. With that new cooling capacity, LICS can now keep fresh poultry on-site to distribute from its food pantry. Smith said LICS is […]

The S.C. Department of Transportation issued a status report at 8:36 a.m. Lexington County is in Engineering District 1. Conditions throughout the state include rain, freezing rain, and snow. Temperatures currently range from a high of 40 degrees in Lexington County to a low of 30 degrees in York County. Temperatures are expected to fall […]

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott and Chief Charles McNair, Cayce Department of Public Safety are requesting the community’s assistance identifying a suspect wanted for fraud in both jurisdictions. Last seen:-Saturday, Oct.10, 2015 at the Rite Aid Pharmacy, 8921 Two Notch Road, 29223 (Richland County) the suspect walked in to the business and purchased a gift card […]