Grind your greens, and get mulch back Springdale Mayor Michael Bishop is reminding residents that here is a green way to dispose of your Christmas tree when it comes time to throw it away. Keep the Midlands Beautiful has created a program called “Grinding of the Greens” where you can bring your tree to multiple […]

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon notified the public around 4:15 a.m. Saturday morning of an officer-involved shooting that occurred around 10:45 Friday night on Founders Road at Founders Boulevard in Lexington. Ronald Scott Jenkins, 55, suffered a gunshot wound and died after being transported to a hospital, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Jenkins, […]

Have you noticed the full moon in the last few days? It has not only been big and bright when it rises in the evening; the moon is visible past sunrise. Here is a photo over Northside Middle School in West Columbia. There was also a thick frost covering the ground on the morning of […]

It’s the weekend before Christmas and West Columbia is in a festive spirit thanks to a very good year for many. The city is on pace in 2018 to record an 80 percent increase in the number of business licenses it issues. “It has been a super busy year,” said Melissa Sprouse-Browne, who owns the […]

The City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 24, 25, and 26, 2018, in observance of the Christmas holidays. Regular hours will resume on Thursday, December 27, 2018. City Hall offices will also be closed on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, in observance of New Year’s Day. Regular hours […]

December 24 and December 25 will be picked up Wednesday, December 26 (household garbage only!) January 1 Household garbage, yard trash and recyclables will be picked up on Wednesday, January 2.