Three Oaks Florist selected by West Columbia Beautification Foundation for Quarterly Appearance Award
Three Oaks Florist on State Street was presented with the West Columbia Beautification Foundation’s Quarterly Appearance Award, last week. Three Oaks won the award for the second quarter. Owner Matt Evans, Winston Collins, and Darlene Hickman are pictured with Vice-Chairman Lainie Lewis.
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West Columbia Fire Department Chief Chris Smith is Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs State Director
Chief Chris Smith of the City of West Columbia Fire Department was sworn in last week as State Director representing South Carolina in the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs. He is replacing Chief (Mayor) Butch Womack from the City of Easley. Smith served as president of the South Carolina Fire […]
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Airport’s Jayla Jamison named SC Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year for the third time
Jayla Jamison of Airport High School has been named the SC Gatorade Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year. It’s the third time she has been selected as the state’s Gatorade Athlete of the Year. Jayla has signed to run track for the University of South Carolina signee has […]
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Lexington County mobile home burns, Saturday morning
Lexington County Fire Service units responded to a reported mobile home fire around 6:30 a.m., Saturday. The fire was on Bub Shumpert Road in the Pelion area. Upon arrival, firefighters found a single-wide mobile home with fire throughout it. Nine companies with a 17 total of personnel brought the fire […]
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Lexington County Coroner identifies 10-year-old who died in vehicle crash
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the Individual who was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Forts Pond Road near Chaney Road in Pelion at approximately 5:30 p.m., Friday. According to Fisher, Karly Grace Hunt, 10, of Gaston was transported by Lexington County EMS to Lexington Medical Center where […]
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Cayce getting $1 million for visitor’s center at its 12,000 Year History Park
A new a visitor’s center is being planned at Cayce. Mike Dawson, CEO of the River Alliance, spoke at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast in March. He said a plan for a visitors center in Cayce was being developed, near the Cayce Tennis Center and Timmerman Trial […]
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Always Original Bakery coming to Meeting Street, West Columbia
A new bakery is coming to West Columbia. Always Original Bakery is set to open in July at 501 Meeting St. “I love to bake,” said Jay Dawson. He said the bakery will offer cakes, cupcakes, cookies, scones, and artisan breads, among other things. “Everything will be made here on-site. […]
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20 arrested in Lexington County Sheriff’s operation to get criminals off the street
An operation targeting wanted subjects last weekend netted 20 arrests. “This operation was all about getting accused criminals off the street,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon announced Wednesday. “We set up multiple teams of deputies that swept through the county over the weekend serving arrest warrants.” Investigators gathered intelligence in […]
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Thieves caught with $13,000 in copper, $136,000 damage done to train car, says Lexington County Sheriff Department
Three people are in jail after Lexington County deputies, with assistance from Gaston Police officers, arrested them Wednesday at an industrial site. Patrick Bradwell, 34, Gene Rutland, 38, and Lauren Warren, 33, are charged with grand larceny, injury to real property to obtain nonferrous metals, possession of tools capable of […]
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Cayce DPS press conference regarding the Faye Swetlik murder case is cancelled
A news conference to release information regarding the 2020 Faye Swetlik kidnapping and murder case has been canceled. It was scheduled for Friday in response Freedom of Information Act requests from media outlets. The Cayce Department of Public Safety released the following statement: The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) press […]
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