NEWS

Longtime Springdale cafeteria employees work hard, have fun

It’s National School Lunch week While many people are just waking up, Shirley Butler and Girley Rawl are hard at work just before 6 a.m. in the cafeteria at Springdale Elementary. It’s the way they’ve started their weekdays for decades, preparing meals at Lexington Two schools. With National School Lunch Week Oct. 9-13, much has […]

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Vehicles towed, at $175, by Tillman Towing from Hilburn Holdings lot during BC-C Team football game

If you had the misfortune of parking in the Hilburn Holdings parking lot for the Brookland-Cayce C-Team football game Wednesday, you got a big post-game surprise. Hilburn Holdings, at the corner of 7th Street and Knox-Abbott Drive called in Tillman towing to impound your vehicle. Cost to get your car back: $175. That is double […]

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Retiring West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman receives resolution from Sen. Nikki Setzler

S.C. Sen. Nikki Setzler presented retiring West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman a Senate Resolution last week. Setzler said the resolution was to congratulate Coleman for his 40 years of “outstanding service to the City of West Columbia.” There was a reception thrown by the City of West Columbia during the resolution presentation. A SENATE […]

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Retiring West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman receives resolution from Sen. Nikki Setzler

S.C. Sen. Nikki Setzler presented retiring West Columbia Fire Chief Wyatt Coleman a Senate Resolution last week. Setzler said the resolution was to congratulate Coleman for his 40 years of “outstanding service to the City of West Columbia.” There was a reception thrown by the City of West Columbia during the resolution presentation. A SENATE […]

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Lexington Police say “A.J. Blues” threatened violence toward River Bluff High School students

Christopher Glen Raines (AKA “AJ Blues”) 42, of Lexington, has been arrested by the Lexington Police Department and charged with Unlawful Communication. Chief Terrence Green announced the arrst in a press release, Monday. A.J. Blues has aired Internet audio broadcasts of local music. The warrant charges Raines with  unlawful communication, claiming a series of threatening […]

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Teen charged with murder of 36-year-old man, says Lexington County sheriff

  A teen has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a fatal shooting last night in a Columbia subdivision. Isaac Burton Hidalgo, 19, of Columbia is also charged with possessing a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the victim as Justin Steven Simons, […]

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Artist donates commemorative eclipse prints to Lexington 2 schools

The total eclipse on August 21, 2017, was an unforgettable moment for those who witnessed it in the skies over Columbia. And a Lexington 2 graduate wants to make sure it’s a moment area students will remember for years to come. Artist Chris Lambries — who along with wife Margie graduated in 1976 from Brookland-Cayce […]

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West Columbia City Council to meet at 6 p.m. Monday

The West Columbia City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Monday at West Columbia City Hall, 200 N. 12th St. The meeting agenda is included, click to enlarge images, to read agenda.                 

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