The Gervais Street Bridge Dinner has transferred ownership from Soda City Friends to a new nonprofit, Carolina Together. The change was announced in a press release, Monday. This date for this year’s Gervais Street Bridge Dinner is Oct. 18. Preparations have already started for the dinner. The Gervais Street Bridge Dinner is an annual seated […]

Geri Oswald, 22, has been charged with killing her father. Gerald Oswald died 12 days after his daughter, Geri Oswald, allegedly stabbed him. They lived at the same home in Lexington County. Geri Oswald was arrested on June 1 for allegedly stabbing her father, Gerald Oswald, multiple times in the chest with a large kitchen […]

After initially announcing that Black Rooster would open on Tuesday, Owner Kristian Miemi said Monday he has decided to move the reopening of the restaurant to mid-July. Black Rooster is in the Brookland complex at Meeting Street and Alexander Road, in West Columbia. Niemi said after reconsidering the health issues surrounding the coronavirus crisis, he […]

At the request of Senator Nikki Setzler and Rev. Dr. Charles B. Jackson Sr., Lexington Medical Center and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control are working together to provide free COVID-19 testing at Brookland Baptist Church, which is located at 1066 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia, on Tuesday (June 16) from 10 […]

Brookland United Methodist Church will be having a ALL FREE clothing sale tomorrow Saturday, June 13, from 10 am until 1 pm. Items included are Clothing, Shoes, Pocketbooks, blankets, hats, accessories. ALL FREE to people in need! Donations will be accepted to help ministries of the Church! Located at 541 Meeting Street, West Columbia.

The traffic was good at West Columbia’s first Artisan Market of the summer season, Saturday. Vendors were spaced in order to follow social distancing mandates in the area of the Interactive Art Park. Some wore masks. There was food, jewelry and many other products for sale at the market. It will be presented on Meeting […]

The City of West Columbia is situated along eight miles of the beautiful lower Saluda and Congaree Rivers, and offers kayaking, canoeing, tubing, parks, waterfront concerts, and 8.5 miles of walking and biking trails. That is part of the description appearing at the foot of every City of West Columbia press release. Michael Mayo is […]

The Lexington County Fire Service, EMS and the S.C. Highway Patrol are on the scene of a vehicle versus building call in the 500 block of Chisholm Way, in Lexington County. The crash was reported by Lexington County about 10:15 a.m. Friday A vehicle left the road and collided with the home. A child playing […]