NEWS
The South Carolina Emergency Management Division continues to monitor Hurricane Florence, which forecasters say could affect the East Coast as a powerful storm. The state Emergency Operations Center is operational, staffed by emergency personnel from various state agencies and emergency organizations. The SEOC will be operational 24 hours a day until further notice. A FEMA […]
Read More >>Under the direction of SC Gov. Henry McMaster, Lexington School District Two- and all Lexington County Schools- will be closed Tuesday, Sept. 11, as SC prepares for Hurricane Florence. All Richland and Lexington County schools will be closed starting Tuesday, according to a Lexington County Twitter post. The cancellation is an order from S.C. Gov. […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the official cause of death of an infant killed Saturday, Sept. 1, in the 3900 block of Charleston Highway in West Columbia. According to Fisher, an autopsy was performed Friday on nine-month-old Miguel Angel Alvarado. The autopsy concluded that the infant sustained blunt force injuries to the head […]
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September is National Preparedness Month, and there has been good reason to be ready in West Columbia in recent years. The flood of 2015 impacted West Columbia’s Riverwalk and required families and emergency crews to respond. Floods from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 wreaked havoc on the city. And in 2017 Hurricane Irma resulted in an […]
Read More >>The City of West Columbia has selected Officer Jeff Phillips to lead the Code Compliance Department as Code Compliance Manager. Phillips will be attending homeowners association meetings, church groups, and civic and commercial organizations to get a feel for the culture of complaints and to explain the complexities and challenges of the job such as […]
Read More >> September is National Preparedness Month, and there has been good reason to be ready in West Columbia in recent years. The flood of 2015 impacted West Columbia’s Riverwalk and required families and emergency crews to respond. Floods from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 wreaked havoc on the city. And in 2017 Hurricane Irma resulted in an […]
Read More >>The City of West Columbia has selected Officer Jeff Phillips to lead the Code Compliance Department as Code Compliance Manager. Phillips will be attending homeowners association meetings, church groups, and civic and commercial organizations to get a feel for the culture of complaints and to explain the complexities and challenges of the job such as […]
Read More >>Four suspects who were allegedly involved in a series of auto tampering and theft from motor vehicle incidents have been arrested, according to Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. He announced the arrests Wednesday, that involved more than 50 unsecured vehicles in the Town of Lexington. The incidents occurred early Sunday morning, August 19. The items […]
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