NEWS
The following staff will serve at the schools listed for the 2016-17 School Year, that begins July 1. Leonard Frierson, Principal Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center / Wood Elementary School Dr. Cecil McClary, Principal Elaine Lundy, Assistant Principal Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology Hope Vrana, Principal Jim LeBlanc, Assistant Principal Springdale Elementary School […]
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West Columbia City Council, at a special meeting Monday, passed first reading of $16.8 million general fund budget and a water-sewer budget. The water-sewer budget includes an increase in fees of between $4 and $4.50-a-month for in-city customers. That increase is double for out of city users. Even with the increases in the water-sewer rate, […]
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LCSD Release Lexington County deputies have charged a woman with unlawful conduct toward a child after she left two children inside a car while she went into a store. “Based on our investigation and witness statements, Maria Rivas-Velazques left a 5-year-old girl and a 23-month-old boy in her running car for about 12 minutes,” Lexington […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual that was killed in the single vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 3:10 a.m. Saturday. Thomas M. Goad, 49, of Pelion died, according Fisher. Goad was killed as a result of the injuries he sustained when the 1999 Chevrolet truck he was operating was traveling eastbound and left […]
Read More >>A 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle ran off the right side of the road and hit a culvert, killing the rider. The name of the victim has not yet been released by the Lexington County Coroner.
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West Columbia City Council has scheduled a Special Council Meeting for 6 p.m. Monday (June 20.) The meetings are at City Hall, 200 N. 12th Street, West Columbia. There will be a first reading and Public Hearings on the General Fund Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, an ordinance for a 2% Hospitality Tax, and an ordinance that will set […]
Read More >>Coroner Margaret Fisher said that Christian William Kallenbach, 49, of Chapin died as a result of the injuries he sustained when the motorcycle he was operating alone was traveling in the 3000 block of Wessinger Road in Chapin when the motorcycle left the roadway on the right side and went into a ditch. Kallenbach was pronounced dead at the scene from […]
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The new Goodwill facility in West Columbia has scheduled a ribbon cutting ceremony for Wednesday, June 29. “We can’t wait to open,” said Crystal Hardesty Director of Marketing/PR for Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands SC. Hardesty said the store will be open to the public at 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 30. The West Columbia operation […]
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