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For a portion of the summer, work crews were busy enhancing the river access points on the West Columbia Riverwalk. A 20-foot concrete launchpad with steps has been added, along with an adjoining landing area for gear. At the entrance to the Riverwalk Park parking lot a set of concrete steps have been built. The […]
Construction is officially underway on the City of West Columbia’s Meeting Street Improvement Project, with the first lane closure scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 14. The City received the required encroachment permit from the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) in August, allowing construction to move forward. AOS Specialty Contractors, the project’s general contractor, began […]
The Lexington Police Department posted a report detailing incidents in Lexington for the month of August. Link to Report Officers wrote 532 tickets and worked 105 collisions. See data below:
Lexington County recently introduced Smart911. Smart911 allows you to create a personal safety profile that provides vital information to our 911 dispatchers in case of an emergency. By creating a Smart911 account, you can: Your Smart911 profile can include as much or as little information as you choose, and it will automatically display to our […]
The Cayce Police Department has made an arrest in connection to the Aug. 23, hit-and-run collision that resulted in the death of Cayce resident Janyne Renee Mbeng. In the early morning hours of Aug. 23, officers traveling on Frink Street found Mrs. Mbeng lying in the road after she had been struck by a vehicle. […]
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died in a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident at the 105 mile-marker westbound of I-26 in the Columbia area of Lexington County on Monday, Sept. 7, at approximately 4:10 a.m. According to Fisher, Mr. Robert Edward Dove, 42, of Easley, was walking on I-26 when he […]
The Lexington County Museum will offer its free “Murders and Mysteries” walking tour of West Columbia from 8 p.m. until9:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18. It will start at the West Columbia Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater Attendees will learn about some of the spookier and more gruesome aspects of West Columbia’s history in relation to […]
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Edwin Mateo Ordonez Leon, (age 20) of Lexington, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member […]