The West Columbia Fire Department, Lexington County Fire Services and , and the Columbia Fire Department conducted a river rescue on the Saluda River, Tuesday afternoon. Seven adult rafters and three dogs were rescued from the river and returned to shore. There were no injuries.

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified a body recovered from Lake Murray at approximately 11 a.m., Tuesday. According to Fisher, the body of Mr. Timothy Steven Peele, 51, of Irmo was recovered near the Lake Murray Dam by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Mr. Peele put his boat in at a public boat ramp […]

Rebecca Fannie Dawkins of West Columbia has passed away. News of her passing was posted on the Facebook page of Turner Memorial AME Church, Tuesday. Click here for a link: The post read: “It is with mixed emotions that we share with you the home-going of 103 year old Sis Rebecca Fannie Dawkins. She was […]

Cayce photographer Charles Hite is offering a photo of the Little Gator in Congaree Creek along Timmerman Trail in the City of Cayce. This shot was taken from Hite’s Facebook post. Order a copy of the gator photo at: Get Little Gator art Hite’s art, that features professionally treated photos of many Cayce landmarks, is […]

A new Big Lots store is scheduled to open in Lexington this summer. The site of the Big Lots store is 421 Columbia Avenue. It’s where the BI-LO was. There is a Big Lots on US 1, at Wattling Road, in West Columbia. Heather Stewart, of Rivercrest Realty Investors in Raleigh, NC said the store […]

According to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, 17 people have died in Lexington County of the coronavirus, as of Saturday. That’s five more than DHEC reported last week. There are 27 cases of coronavirus in the 29170 Zip code, that includes the Springdale area, and 26 cases in the 29169 ZIp code, […]

Irmo restaurants are reopening for outdoor dining beginning Friday. Link to Youtube video of meeting In an emergency called meeting Thursday, Irmo Town Council voted unanimously to let the restaurants open with the limitation of outside dining. There is an emergency order in place, inposed by S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster that bans restaurants and bars […]

From LMC’s Official Blog – Lexington Medical Center, its physician practices and Urgent Care facilities are open and seeing patients with a number of COVID-19 precautions in place to protect health and safety during appointments and procedures. The hospital network is also reopening facilities to care for community members who have postponed needed procedures and […]