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West Columbia is a great location for Savage Hair Studio

The following article is included in the June-July edition of the City of West Columbia Newsletter – Click here for a link to the newsletter: West Columbia attracts a lot of new business, Savage Hair Studio at 841 Meeting Street, West Columbia, is one of those new businesses. Brooke Rakowsky […]

UPS employees arrested in gun theft ring, says sheriff

Lexington County deputies arrested five UPS employees last week in connection with guns stolen from the shipping company’s hub in West Columbia. Byron Burke, 19, Jalen Green, 19, Dishon Kinney, 18, Kenyon Peters, 18, and Tre’von Williams, 19, are charged with breach of trust, according to arrest warrants. Kinney and […]

Airport High School fishing team finishes in the top 10

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – One of Airport High School’s fishing teams finished in the top 10 in the 2019-20 Lower State High School Bass Challenge, Airport’s highest-ever season finish, and two other school teams placed. The pairing of Tanner Schultz and Jacob White finished 9th […]

Palmetto Outdoor debuts “Tandem Tubes” for trips down the Congaree River

Palmetto Outdoor now has tubes for river floating that will hold two people in the same float. Michael Mayo, Palmetto Outdoor owner announced the tubes Tuesday. “For years, customers have requested tandem tubes,” said Mayo. “Until now, the quality has not been to our standards but now Star rafts have […]

Overturned vehicle blocking lanes on I-26

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is reporting a crash on Interstate-26 westbound at Exit 116. Around 1:30, Tuesday, two left lanes were closed. A view from a SCHP interstate camera shows a truck or a camper overturned.

Crash causes traffic delay in Lexington Tuesday morning

The Lexington Police Department reported a collision on Sunset Boulevard in front of the Target shopping center around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday. the crash was affecting all lanes of traffic. The collision was caused by a driver disregarding the stop light because she was distracted by her pet who was in […]

Vice President Mike Pence scheduled to be in Columbia Tuesday

Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to be in Columbia Tuesday to discuss the reopening schools. Pence and his wife Karen will meet with Gov. Henry McMaster and his wife Peggy McMaster at the University of South Carolina to discuss efforts to fight COVID-19 , according to a release from […]

From West Columbia to New York City; An unexpected pleasure

By Terry Ward- I was filtering through some old photos and came across a file entitled NYC. It was June 2016, our anniversary, and my first trip to New York City. Airbnb was catching on, and my wife Lana, booked us in a six-story apartment building in Harlem. The flat […]

Woman dies after tree falls on her in boat on Lake Murray

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the victim of a fatal incident that occurred on Lake Murray on Saturday. The incident occurred at approximately 1 a.m. near Tom Drafts Point in Gilbert. According to Fisher, Ms. Kathryn Grayce Mullins, 20, of Statesboro, Georgia, was pronounced dead at an area […]

Do you know where the State Bank used to be in West Columbia?

This is a photo of the State Bank and Trust Company location in West Columbia in 1967. The photo came from an ad in the 1967 Airport High School Yearbook that is in the possession of Bill Mooneyhan. The building still exists and there is a business in the building […]