Cayce is set to choose a new council member. The special election to fill the unexpired term of City of Cayce District 4 Councilman Tim James is Sept. 15. Phil Carter, Alex Mowery, and John Raley have filed to run for the Cayce Council District 4 seat. It is a nonpartisan election and no party […]

“Deputies responded to the 100 block of Roundtree Road in Gaston about 10:15 (Monday) night and found a man fatally shot,” according to Adam Myrick, Public Information Officer for the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. The incident remains under investigation. No other details about this case are available at this time.

  The Columbia Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Office will hold a Situational Awareness symposium from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sept. 22 , at Brookland Baptist Church (1054 Sunset Blvd.)  West Columbia. David A. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the  in South Carolina released an advisory, Tuesday. It states: “In the wake […]

The City of West Columbia Sanitation Department will not pick up garbage or recyclables on Labor Day (Sept. 7.) Garbage that is normally picked up on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday (Sept. 8) or it may take until Wednesday (Sept 9.) to get all stops in. A release from the city is posted […]

Cayce’s Congaree Bluegrass Festival staff are looking for a few volunteers for this year’s event. The Congaree Bluegrass Festival takes place Oct. 3 and 4, at the Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce. If you have a group or organization that might be interested and would like more information, please contact [email protected] or call 803-550-9520

Look for some new banners to promote some West Columbia businesses. Martha Wise, president of the River District Merchants Association, told West Columbia City Council last Tuesday of a plan to attract attention to an area of town. The River District is bounded by the State Street and Meeting Street, to 12th Street in West […]

The West Columbia Police Department is investigating a situation in which an individual who has barricaded himself in a house, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the WCPD. The person fired shots into the air, and went back into the house on F Avenue. But there are no injuries. Negotiators and a SWAT team are […]

A man who had barricaded himself in a house has surrendered to police.  “He came out of the house peaceably,” said Capt. Scott Morrison of the WCPD. He surrendered to police around  noon Sunday.  He could be charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits. Morrison also said the man has a “long gun” but […]