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West Columbia restaurants provide perfect Valentines setting, and get unique gifts at the Meeting Street Artisan Market

Valentine’s Day is Tuesday, Feb. 14. If you want the most-romantic Valentine’s evening, West Columbia has the restaurant venue for you. It also has the place to get that perfect and unique and handmade Valentines Day gift, too. The West Columbia Meeting Street Artisan Market will be open in the […]

Thursday’s Meeting Street Artisan Market Offers Handmade Valentine’s Gifts

The West Columbia Meeting Street Artisan Market is back for another amazing night of shopping in the Interactive Art Park Pavilion, 425 Meeting Street, West Columbia, SC, from 4 – 8 PM, on Thursday, February 9, 2023! Purchase a handmade, heartfelt gift this year, from local vendors ready to fulfill […]

Brookland-Cayce High School Honors Choir and director Wendi Humphries to perform at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

From Dawn Kujawa Lexington 2 Communications– The long wait is finally over for members of the Brookland-Cayce High School Honors Choir and director Wendi Humphries. Wednesday, February 8, the group is leaving for Hawaii for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform aboard the Battleship USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor. The trip […]

City of West Columbia recognizes employees for years of service

The West Columbia City Council City recognized employees for their years of service at Tuesday’s council meeting. they are pictured with West Columbia Mayor Pro-Tem, Trevor Bedell. 5 years years of serviceMichael Green Council- Erin Porter Council – Randy Davis Codes – Michelle Haynes Finance – Crystal Parker City Clerk- […]

3 teens charged in school Molotov cocktail case

Lexington County deputies have charged three teens with possessing an explosive device last week at a school while students were not present. Dylan Hank Maples, 19, and Ted William Miller, 18, are charged with possession of an explosive device, according to arrest warrants. The third teen, whose name will not […]

McAlister-Smith Funeral home conducts its first service after opening on State Street in West Columbia at the former Thompson Funeral Home location

McAlister-Smith Funeral and Cremation is open at the historic West Columbia location of 200 State Street. It’s the former site of Thompson Funeral Home that operated there for years. Just four days after opening last week, the new operators conducted their first service for a family of Mt. Hebron United […]

15-year-old Spring Valley High School student charged in connection with threats to River Bluff High and the Lexington Technology Center

A 15-year-old Spring Valley High School student has been charged in connection with the Feb. 2 threats made to River Bluff High School and the Lexington Technology Center. The student, whose name will not be released because he is under age 18, communicated electronically about a bomb being placed in […]

White Knoll High School evacuated Monday morning, due to a threat

Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a threat at White Knoll High School Monday morning, The threat was directed toward the school through another school district’s tip line, according to the LCSD. The school was swept and the campus was checked by deputies and then cleared of any threats. Students […]