NEWS
Bricks and Stones Pizza is closing, effective March 19. It’s in the Woodberry Plaza at 3234 Augusta Road in West Columbia. That’s the Big Lots shopping center. The message below appeared on the Bricks and Stone Facebook page Thursday afternoon. “As some of you already know Bricks and Stones Pizza Company will be closing our […]
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Old Cherokee Road, from North Lake Drive to Pilgrim Church Road, was closed for a gas main break, Thursday afternoon. The road was open only for local access up to Cherokee Pond Trail from North Lake Drive .The road closure lasted until about 7 p.m. Residents were evacuated from their homes where it was necessary.
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A Lexington County man is accused of stabbing a relative at a Gaston home Wednesday night. Richard James Lewis, 40, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies went to a home on Mimosa Drive shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday after a woman called […]
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March is National Literacy Month and Wednesday was Read Across America Day. With the focus on reading, West Columbia schools are implementing programs to promote literacy in an effort to make reading more fun and rewarding. “We’re having brackets, like the March Madness college basketball tournament,” said Shelly Breedlove, media specialist at Northside Middle School. […]
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Obituary of Kristen Ann MorleyOBITUARY – Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley – Lexington – A Going Home service for Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley, 33, of Lexington, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Lakeside Gazebo at Woodridge Memorial Park, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, SC 29072. Pastor Christy Todd of Riverland […]
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The Cayce Police Department and Cayce Fire Department have made an arrest in the fire at Cayce Trinity Baptist Church that took place in the early morning hours of Feb. 24. Tuesday, Paul Peter Lavoie, 53, was interviewed, placed under arrest and charged with second degree burglary and second degree arson. He was transported to the Lexington County Detention Center. Investigators and patrol […]
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Have you noticed some improvements to the streets in West Columbia recently?City Administrator Brian Carter issued a Mid-Year Report of the progress of the city’s redevelopment plan to West Columbia City Council, Tuesday. “We’ve added crosswalks,” Carter said, to enhance pedestrian safety. He noted that pedestrian crosswalks have been installed at Leaphart and Meeting streets, […]
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The mother of a West Columbia teen reported her son as a run-away, on Monday. Fifteen-year-old Zikym Moshawni Harris was last seen by his mother in West Columbia on Sunday when he left to visit a friend. She has not seen or heard from him since. Mr. Harris is five-foot-nine inches tall and weighs 150 […]
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