NEWS

Lexington Police to conduct checkpoints, Friday

The Lexington Police Department will be conducting several Public Safety Checkpoints on Friday, within the Town of Lexington, announced LPD Chief Terrance Green. Officers will be conducting the Public Safety Checkpoint in response to collision incidents, Citizen Traffic Complaints, and previous enforcement in this area focused on speeding and unsafe driving practices. Officers will be […]

$1 admission to the SC State Museum, Sunday

The South Carolina State Museum is offering one dollar admission to guests this Sunday, Mar. 1. Admission price includes entry to SCSM’s four floors of gallery space along with the Boeing Observatory. Additional attractions like the museum’s Sherlock Holmes exhibit, planetarium and 4-D theater will remain at regular price. SCSM’s one-dollar admission is offered on […]

Taste on the River has record crowd – Sold out event

Taste on the River had its best turnout ever, Tuesday night at Stone River. It was the fourth annual fundraiser for the West Columbia Beautification Foundation. Cars filled the spaces at the recently completed Carrway Park, across from the Riverwalk. Others parked in the city parking garage that has a Court Avenue entrance at the […]

Missing couple found safe

Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies were searching for a man and woman after the couple never returned to their assisted living facility Tuesday night. But the couple has been found safe, in Horry County. Ronald and Mary Denny have memory issues and take daily medication for other conditions.

Woman takes out several mailboxes before running into ditch

A collision in the 300 block of Park Road had the road closed in Lexington Tuesday. The collision site was cleared, according to the Lexington Police Department. The collision was caused by a driver losing control of her vehicle, striking several mailboxes and driving into a ditch.

Sheriff says former Gilbert High student breaks into home to make Facebook threat from woman’s account

A 17-year-old former Gilbert High School student has been charged in connection to school threats posted on a Lexington School District One employee’s Facebook account. The former student, whose name will not be released because he’s under the age of 18, is charged with two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of threatening a […]

Savage Craft Ale Works offers glimpse into Old City Hall, and jail

Savage Craft Ale Works is charting, with photos, the progress of the building of its brewery on Center Street in West Columbia. The project includes the renovation of the historic New Brookland Jail. According to the Savage Craft Ale Works Facebook page, the one-story brick building with barred windows and its parapeted or “false front” […]

Tractor-Trailer blocked I-20, Tuesday morning

An incident on I-20 West in Richland County at the 66.5 mile marker blocked two lanes Tuesday morning. A tractor-trailer jackknifed. It was a no- injury crash, but delays were expected. It occurred between Highway 321 and the malfunction junction