From Adam Myrick of the LCSD A Lexington woman has been charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of her infant daughter. Heather Marie Lawson, 22, of Lexington failed to provide her 7-month-old baby necessary health care after the child was injured Saturday in a fall, according to an arrest warrant served by […]

West Columbia City Council, at a rare 9 a.m. meeting Tuesday, passed final reading of its 2016-17 $16.8 million general fund budget and a water-sewer budget. Facing annual increases for its water and sewer department of more than $2 million, the water-sewer budget includes an increase in fees of between $4 and $4.50-a-month for in-city […]

West Columbia City Council, at a 9 a.m. meeting Tuesday, passed final reading of an ordinance that implements a 2% Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) for prepared food in the city. The H-Tax vote passed 7-2. Councilmen Jimmy Brooks and Tem Miles – for the second time- voted against the tax. Brooks said there is no reason […]

Activity all but ceased last week on part of the lower Saluda River. The Department of Health and Environmental Control issued a no-swim advisory last Tuesday, because of high bacteria counts in the Saluda Shoals Park area. Carolina Water Service allowed sewage to seep into the river. On Saturday- at the Moffitt Street entrance to […]

Lexington School District 2’s Daniel Bailey received the Warren E. Shull Award for the National Middle Level Adviser of the Year. The award is given by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Bailey is a social studies teacher and student government advisor at Pine Ridge Middle School in West Columbia. “Words cannot express how […]

Liz Portee- State Farm Insurance Agency owner- had a ribbon cutting at her new office at 1316 Sunset Blvd. Thursday. Several City of West Columbia officials, including Mayor Bobby Horton, were on hand for the ribbon cutting. Portee – a longtime Stare Farm agent- has moved her offices to the new location. She is pictured […]

West Columbia City Council will hold a Special Council Meeting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (June 28) at City Hall., 200 N. 12th St. West Columbia. The meeting is being held in the morning to accommodate everyone’s schedule, said Mayor Bobby Horton. The Final vote on three ordinances will be held. On the agenda is: […]

Release from Adam Myrick of the LCSD: The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department will begin its next reserve deputy training cycle Oct. 19. “Reserve deputies are a major component of our commitment to serve the people of Lexington County,” Sheriff Jay Koon said. “They sacrifice time away from their families to supplement the number of full-time, […]