Eastbound Lanes at Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Blvd Closed Due to Accident. There was a fatality. The collision  involved a motorcycle and a truck, according to Capt. Scott Morrison of the West Columbia Police Department. The West Columbia Police Department has closed the Eastbound lanes of Highway 1 and Jarvis Klapman Boulevard due to […]

Deputies with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are investigating after a body was found in near the Red Bank Wal-Mart on Tuesday morning. According to the sheriff’s department, the body was in a vehicle parked near the Wal-Mart at 1780 S. Lake Drive. The body was that of a white male, but officials have not […]

Press Release from Harrison Cahill, Lexington County Public Information Officer  COUNTY OF LEXINGTON RELEASES RESULTS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY On April 11, 2016, Lexington County Council embarked on a community engagement survey, giving residents a chance to voice their opinions of the County’s provided services and how they can be improved. 500 of the County’s […]

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 […]

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, […]

With the June 28, Republican Primary Runoff for Register of Deeds getting closer, Rich Bolen picked up the support from two Lexington County leaders on Saturday. Sen. Ronnie Cromer and Rep. Todd Atwater jumped on board Bolen’s campaign. “Ever since the June 14, primary, leaders across Lexington County have gotten on board our campaign,” Bolen said. “They […]

Denea Duran is Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Ambassador of the Month Denea Duran is from San Francisco, CA. She moved to Columbia for college. After college she stayed in Columbia and started working as a Social Media Intern for SERVPRO of Cayce/ West Columbia and Lexington. Four years later she is the Marketing and Sales Manager […]

Want to live in a new, hybrid home? Wade McGuinn has a neighborhood with new homes, and you don’t even have to leave West Columbia to live in one. Harvest Glen includes 54 houses. It is off of Leaphart Road. It’s a community near everything, from I-26 and Lexington Medical Center to I-20 and downtown […]